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    Horseshoe Crabs-any left, or almost extinct?

    today I went on the boat and did some shellfishing for quahogs (hard shell clams).  While there, I saw a Horseshoe crab swimming by, maybe 12 in. across.  I caught him in the rake and showed him to my son and his friend.  They had never seen one in wild, only at aquariums.  This made me reflect about when I was a kid, we would see them commonly, every time you went to the beach, it seemed.  I know they have set strict guidelines to their harvest.  They are used for bleeding, a very valuable substance for medical research.  In fact, they are to be used and returned, alive, and there is a maximum volume of blood that can be drawn from each.  Anyone near the coast, question, do you still have any in your area, and where is that.  I just wondered if they indeed are facing extinction.  It would be a shame to loose this prehistoric creature! 

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    http://www.google.com.au/search?q=horseshoe+crabs+facts&hl=en&gbv=2&oq=horse+shoe+crabs&gs_l=heirloom-serp.1.5.0i10l4j0i30j0i10i30j0i30l2j0i10i30j0i30.8081.13353.0.17550.16.15.0.1.1.0.327.2511.2-9j1.10.0...0.0...1c.tsuRJRK-2no


    says there are some still alive in these forums they are really old though..

    I don,t know. I have never seen one and it would be shame if they became extinct.

    Weird looking...like something out of Star Wars.


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