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Horseshoe Crab

Limulidae

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sarahaw1981
sarahaw1981 11 years ago
Horseshoe Crab
Limulidae


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3 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Moved to 'Arthropods' category.

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Moved to Arthropods :-)

sarahaw1981
sarahaw1981 11 years ago

These creatures are fascinating, as far as I know they are the only creatures on the planet with blue blood. Where as what makes our blood red is iron, what makes their blood blue is copper.

brandonryanfig01
Spotted by
brandonryanfig01

Long Beach, California, USA

Spotted on Dec 15, 2012
Submitted on Dec 17, 2012

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