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WE’RE SO BACK

Found this bebe buried in the sand of a dried out tide pool. Lifted them up and put them in a bigger / deeper tide pool.

#horseshoe crab #marine biology #zoology #marine life #marine ecology #marine animals #sea creatures #sea critters #invertebrates

Hi! It’s been a while….

Anyway just as the horseshoe crabs have returned to the hallowed shores of the Delaware Bay, I have returned to my blog.

Plus I have a lil friend here :3

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maggotmuncher0

SKETCH DUUUUMPPPPPP

horseshoecrabfan

I spy a friend 😊!!!!!!!!!

Terrific work!

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@berriicherrii atlantic horseshoe crabs most certainly call the Chesapeake home! They are one of the many reasons why habitats like those found on the Chesapeake are so important and deserving of our respect and protection.

The horseshoe crab is a primitive-looking arthropod with a hard, brownish-green exoskeleton and a spike-like tail. It visits the Chesapeake

#horseshoe crab #marine biology #chesapeake bay #marine life #zoology #marine ecology #sea creatures #sea critters #tags

b1ood-hound

Pro Tip: You can Love an Horseshoe Crab and he will Look at you like This

horseshoecrabfan

YESSSSSSSSSS

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horseshoecrabfan

Went to the Wetlands Institute the other day.

Sex and Gluttony on The Delaware Bay would be the title of my band (if I had more friends and knew how to make music).

callmeirony

This is where I was concieved and born

horseshoecrabfan

Yeahhhh, unfortunately a lot die during the spawning season and boy howdy do they stink then!

#horseshoe crab #protect our marshes #sea life #marine biodiversity

horseshoecrabfan

Went to the Wetlands Institute the other day.

Sex and Gluttony on The Delaware Bay would be the title of my band (if I had more friends and knew how to make music).

soldierofsmile

horseshoecrabfan

This was indeed a very necessary addition <3 <3 ✨✨✨✨✨

#horseshoe crab #marine biology #zoology #marine life #protect our wetlands #wetlands institute #sex and gluttony on the delaware bay #marine ecology

horseshoecrabfan

Went to the Wetlands Institute the other day.

Sex and Gluttony on The Delaware Bay would be the title of my band (if I had more friends and knew how to make music).

horseshoecrabfan

So here is some context as to how horseshoe crabs spawn! Basically a group of males (which are typically smaller than the females) are attracted to one female. The eggs the female carries are then fertilized externally and deposited into the sand where animals will eat them up yum yum.

Source/ more reading material: https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2025/05/16/horseshoe-crab-spawning-migration-arriving-in-maryland/

Horseshoe Crab Spawning Migration Arriving in Maryland

It’s like they were posing for me. What a handsome wee critter!

( This was also taken at the Wetlands Institute :3 )

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Went to the Wetlands Institute the other day.

Sex and Gluttony on The Delaware Bay would be the title of my band (if I had more friends and knew how to make music).

#horseshoe crab #marine biology #zoology #marine life #protect our wetlands #wetlands institute #sex and gluttony on the Delaware Bay

coyotette

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Official ornithology post

horseshoecrabfan

I would also like to add how beneficial marsh lands are, not just to different bird species, but to all sorts of wildlife! Horseshoe crabs will use these important wetlands to mate and lay eggs. These eggs will hatch the new generation of horseshoe crabs, and will feed migratory birds on their travels.

#horseshoe crab #marine biology #zoology #protect our marshes #protect our wetlands #biodiversity

drafthearse

At the end of the 2018 spawning season, a mass of multicolored horseshoe crab eggs washed ashore at Fortescue Beach. Daniel Hernandez, associate professor of Biology, explains, "Shoreline discontinuities like jetties usually collect the greatest amount of eggs. The variation in egg color is due to a few factors. Natural variation in the colors and age of the egg in the environment--'older' eggs--will take on various colors as they age due to the various bacteria that colonize the egg. Adult crabs vary in color too."

horseshoecrabfan

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