UPDATE: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/717794020275353272
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/715310569850044948
Time comes for us all.
We found this dead horseshoe crab on the beach today. It had a numbered tag on its shell apparently put there by The Maryland Fish & Wildlife Conservation Office. I’ve seen many horseshoe crabs here over the years, but never one with a tag. I made sure to go to the website and log it.
440 million years old, and someone goes and staples a tag to me?
God damn it so much
They probably did that to try to learn more about their longevity and habits
Hello? Government? Your crab is dead
Imagine you had never seen a crab before. Then someone shows you a picture of a true crab and says “this is a crab”. Now imagine after that you are shown a horseshoe crab. There’s no way you would think that’s also a crab.
Well taxinomically, they aren’t actually crabs or crustaceans. More closely related to arachnids.
Go to the beaches in Delaware full moon around 6/15 and it’s mating time for the crabs. It’s a spectacle when there are thousands of them on the beach at once!
i don’t know why but i have always been terrified of crabs. almost dropped my phone when i saw this one.
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