Horseshoe Crab: Biography of a Survivor

About this book

Traveling from the Delaware Bay to the Florida Panhandle this examination is a quest through the natural history and science behind one of natures oldest and oddest survivorsthe horseshoe crab. With ten eyes five pairs of walking legs a heart half the length of their bodies and blood that can save a persons life horseshoe crabs have been on this planet for 445 million yearssince long before the dinosaurs arrived. This book explores their unique biology and sex life explains their importance to medical science and migratory shorebirds and introduces readers to the people who are working to study and protect them.