A few days back we saw a crab like creature with a long sharp tail on the New Jersey shore. It was lying on its back on the sand struggling to turn back. Our friend, Dinesh helped it with a stick to topple it back on its feet and it went away into the ocean. We didn't know what it was at that time and wondered if it was a stingray fish. Today at the local library there was a sea animals show and the horseshoe crab was the guest of honour.
Do you know that, horseshoe crab species is pre-dinasour age? 250 million years back it existed on this earth and survived whatever happened here that destroyed the dinasours! It has blue blood, no teeth, no claws and its tail is only useful to help it turn itself back on feet. It is completely harmless to humans!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
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See, had I existed 250 million years ago, I might have even saved the dinosaurs!!
BTW did you say its tail is for the sole purpose of bringing it back on its feet? Not always, may be?
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