The ancient animal is remarkably similar to modern horseshoe crabs (right), according to the team that found the fossils in
Photograph courtesy G. Young, the
Thursday, February 7, 2008
An ode to the horseshoe crab
FliesWithKiwiBird and I first visited North Carolina for a fortnight’s summer holiday in 2004. (Little did we know that just over a year later we would be moving there, lock, stock and kayak from San Diego and living, it seems, somewhat permanently.) On that holiday, we made a visit to the state’s Outer Banks. From Hatteras Island we hopped aboard a small water taxi and shot across Pamlico Sound . Dropped off on the inside shore of Shackelford Island , we were left free to wander for a good few hours.
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Interesting post, Kristen. Amazing how some primitive life forms persist in their ancient but successful forms. I suspect they may survive us all one day.
Nothing ever seems to change here in Canada... Maybe I'll live forever! And get downright crabby doing it!
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