So, as Vostradamus asks, how did one (granted, very dead) wind up on the shore of Jamaica Pond?
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Bird dropped it.
By anon
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 6:05pm
Bird dropped it.
If that's a hole in it...
By coffeeweasel
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 6:10pm
...possibly an osprey decided it was too heavy, or not worth the effort of breaking into?
From where though?
By Parkwayne
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 7:08pm
I don't think there are horseshoe crabs in Boston harbor.
Yes, there absolutely are
By Biggie_Robs
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 8:48pm
Yes, there absolutely are horseshoe crabs all up and down the East Coast.
Plenty of them around.
By Lmo
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 10:23pm
Plenty of them around.
My first encounter...
By Don't Panic
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 8:34am
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
By SamWack
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 9:22am
.
more likely
By anon
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 8:22pm
two swallows were carrying it and the strand of creeper broke.
they left it and went to find a coconut instead.
Have to ask...
By DaMoGan
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 9:40am
African or European?
Clearly
By Terrapin
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 12:40pm
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
By Whit
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 6:58pm
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
By anon
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 7:09pm
It was a complete, stinky specimen.
Maybe it was scouting a
By Rob
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 7:13pm
Maybe it was scouting a parcel for another life-sciences development proposal.
You joke, but...
By Camberville
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 1:03am
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
By Rob
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 10:19am
Yes, I am aware of their usefulness in research. That's why I made the joke.
Bluebloods
By perruptor
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 12:32pm
Horseshoe crabs have blue blood, so it probably wandered over from Beacon Hill.
I saw it early in the am the
By Anon
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 11:17pm
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.
By anon
Sat, 07/17/2021 - 11:30pm
Someone released a pet.
Evolution?
By onelith
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 5:09pm
Possible first attempt of the saltwater horseshoe crab crossing over to freshwater! Drat. Unsuccessful!
Except for all the fish that
By Lmo
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 10:59am
Except for all the fish that spawn in fresh water.
Changed it up, eh?
By Lmo
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 9:31pm
Changed it up, eh?
This proves all science is
By JPYuppie
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 12:53pm
This proves all science is wrong lolz omgomg yoloooo
A hole in a horse show crab?
By Notfromboston
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 5:50pm
A hole in a horse show crab? Spare me the details
Children play
By Chuckie
Sun, 07/18/2021 - 6:24pm
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?
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 07/19/2021 - 7:32pm
A misplaced part of the latest limulus package?
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