At first a horseshoe crab can look scary, because we associate them with crabs, and they're not like anything we usually encounter. They are completely harmless-although the edges and spikes on their shells can be sharp. They are actually very calm and slow. Their tail is harmless. It's actually a delicate organ for them and loaded with sensors. When horseshoe crabs swim, they steer with their tail. When they are on the beach at the edge of the water, they can get flipped upside-down. They use their tail to flip themselves right side up. Look up how they save the lives of humans every day!
Yes,But There Not Good To Eat.
because they feel like it
Despite its name the Horseshoe Crab is not actually a crab. It is more closely related to spiders, scorpions and ticks.
It is used for treating diseases like cancer.
Horseshoe crabs have three main parts to the body: the head, the abdominal region, and the spine-like tail. Females, which are typically 25 to 30% larger than the male, can grow up to be 24 inches in length from head to the tip of the tail.
hermit crabs can have up to 6 eyes
Well, Female crabs lay roughly 15-20 baby eggs. But sadly, many reptiles (including predator from Alien VS Predator) eat, and feast off these eggs and their insides. So about, 0 crabs survive due to the predators nommin' em,
Horseshoe Crabs move by scuttling on the bottom with their 5 jointed legs.
Arthropods belong to a major classification in taxonomy, characterized by joint appendages, external skeletons, and segmented bodies. They include arachnids, sea Spiders, horseshoe crabs, myriapods (like millipedes), and crustaceans like true crabs, shrimp, and lobsters. They also include all the insects.
yes. it does but to some people o me it doesn't it doesn't to me it doesn't look like a horseshoe since a horseshoe is more curved in and a little bit more wider at the bottom.
Personally, I LOVE chowder. There is no disputing taste. People like what they like, and they dislike what they dislike. That's the way the world is.
I know of no nutritional use, edible (culinary)or otherwise (medicinal), to humans. I do know that each year the horseshoe crabs comes up on beaches to lay thousands of eggs and these eggs and resulting newborn baby crabs provide numerous birds, water fowl and other sea creatures with nutritious meals. Also, as crabs are scavengers, they keep the ocean bottom clean.
There are not many hermit crab predators. Their shells protect them. Man is the greatest threat to hermit crabs.