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The Naturalist - Episode 28 - Horseshoe Crabs

First Aired - 05/24/2010 12:00PM
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This week on the Naturalist Bernie spoke about the least attractive people on the beach: horseshoe crabs. These crazy critters smell with their feet, can swim upsidedown, have nine eyes, and make for a good 25 minutes of radio.

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The Naturalist Introduction: Horseshoe Crabs (13:36)

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Bernie Wides, The Naturalist, Fairway Market, Heritage Radio Network, living fossil, horseshoe crab, Jamaica Bay, American Littoral Society, New York City Audubon Society, Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, more related to spiders than crabs, commonly found along the Atlantic Coast, Delaware Bay, Limulus polyphemus, red knot, the population of red knots are dependent on the population of horseshoe crabs, the crabs were named after a Greek monster, cyclops, people used to think they had one eye on the front of the shell, they changed the name because they found out it has nine eyes, they can swim upside down, they have sensors on their feet that they smell with, worms, small crabs, they can only eat while they walk, the put food in between their legs and the legs grind the food, invertebrates,

Blue Blood, Limb Regrowth & Many Eyes (13:51)

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the horseshoe crab is not a crab!, it's an arachnid, the shell is beautiful, if you find one smell it, if it has a strong smell that means its a dead horseshoe crab, they molt 17-19 times, every few months the crab molts as he grows, other critters attach themselves to the shell, fossil hunting, Natural History Museum, limestone, formed by the shells of sea creatures, connection between horseshoe crabs and birds, they can regrow lost limbs, starfish, newts, blood of the horseshoe crab, blue blood, hemoglobin, the nerves to their eyes are easily found, some of the eyes have optic nerves similar to ours, full moon tide, horseshoe crabs predate dinosaurs,

If You See Them Flipped, Flip Them Back! (11:23)

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the blood is used in medical testing, bacteria, enzymes used in the International Space Station, how do the crabs protect themselves, anti bacterial stuff in their blood, they don't have huge blood supplies, birds need the horseshoe crab eggs, turtles eat the crabs, since we don't eat them we can help protect them, ERDG, www.horseshoecrab.org, flip it campaign, movement to tag and count the horseshoe crabs, Ecological Research & Development Group, flip them over if you see them on their back!, now is the time of year to see them, they are practically harmless, they don't bite or sting, May 30th at 10:00am, contact Don Reape,

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