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Bird dropped it.
Bird dropped it.
If that's a hole in it...
...possibly an osprey decided it was too heavy, or not worth the effort of breaking into?
From where though?
I don't think there are horseshoe crabs in Boston harbor.
Yes, there absolutely are
Yes, there absolutely are horseshoe crabs all up and down the East Coast.
Plenty of them around.
Plenty of them around.
My first encounter...
with live Horseshoe Crabs was at a Boy Scout Jamboree on one of the Harbor Islands in the 1970s. Very prehistoric looking creatures in the wild.
Trilobites of the Cenozoic
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more likely
two swallows were carrying it and the strand of creeper broke.
they left it and went to find a coconut instead.
Have to ask...
African or European?
Clearly
It would have to be African. It could grasp it by its husk (if it had one).
Now go away you silly English kniggot before I taunt you a second time...
Did it have legs and a body
Did it have legs and a body inside, or just the armor? If it was just the shell, a kid might have dumped it there after a trip to the cape. If it had a body inside it would have stunk too much to bring home in a car.
Full set of stuff on the bottom
It was a complete, stinky specimen.
Maybe it was scouting a
Maybe it was scouting a parcel for another life-sciences development proposal.
You joke, but...
You joke, but Horseshoe crabs are very useful in all kinds of biological/scientific research, including in regards to a vaccine for a virus you may or may not have heard of...
... so if these critters want to join the life-science boom, I say let them crawl (slowly) to the front of the line!
Yes, I am aware of their
Yes, I am aware of their usefulness in research. That's why I made the joke.
Bluebloods
Horseshoe crabs have blue blood, so it probably wandered over from Beacon Hill.
I saw it early in the am the
I saw it early in the am the morning it appeared. That small stretch of the pond smelled awful. There are a pink bucket with a yellow shovel next to it. It looked like someone had dumped it from the beach
Someone released a pet.
Someone released a pet.
Evolution?
Possible first attempt of the saltwater horseshoe crab crossing over to freshwater! Drat. Unsuccessful!
Except for all the fish that
Except for all the fish that spawn in fresh water.
Changed it up, eh?
Changed it up, eh?
This proves all science is
This proves all science is wrong lolz omgomg yoloooo
A hole in a horse show crab?
A hole in a horse show crab? Spare me the details
Children play
Kids play at science and vivisection and experiments with live creatures suddenly placed into different habitats.
Normal human behavior. Some grow out of it, some focus on it and become expert at it.
When our turn comes, who knows?
Perhaps misplaced?
A misplaced part of the latest limulus package?