Beached Horseshoe Crab
by Robert Nickologianis
Title
Beached Horseshoe Crab
Artist
Robert Nickologianis
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Horseshoe crab somewhere in the Everglades.[Limulidae]Horseshoe crabs are closely related 2 arachnids having survived on earth 4- 450 million years since the late Ordovician period.They are peculiar in that they have blue blood caused by the copper in the hemocynanin they use instead of hemoglobin 2 carry oxygen.
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March 30th, 2013
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