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How does a horseshoe crab get food?

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Diet in the wild: Feed on worms, mollusks, and seaweed (algae) found in the sandy ocean bottom.

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The Horseshoe crab has a mouth on the underside of its body. The Horseshoe crab feed on worms and small fish off the bottom of the ocean floor.

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It eats fish, and insects, pretty much anything it finds on the ground. And it's mouth is on it's underside

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they blend in to the sand and when one of its preys come bye it sneaks out of its hiding spot and atacks

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They grab it with their claws and put it into their mouth

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they eat by benadfoz;cmx

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They ring for it?

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