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The most amazing facts about horseshoe crabs.

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Deemed a nuisance by most beach goers the horseshoe crab is an amazing creature.

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Horseshoe crabs blood can detect endotoxins. Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs have blue blood. Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs shells are being used to fill in cracks in human's broken bones. Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs can live to be 18 years old. Report Abuse
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The horseshoe crabs mouth is in between its legs. Report Abuse
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The female horseshoe crab lays more than 100,000 eggs per season. Report Abuse
The egg clusters are about the size of a golf ball.
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The horseshoe crab has 10 eyes. Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs have gills Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs closest relative is a tick. Report Abuse
Although it doesn't suck blood or bite its relatives include ticks, spiders and scorpions.
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Native Americans used Horseshoe crab shells as a hoe to dig into the dirt. Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs chew their dinner between there legs. Report Abuse
These creatures have no teeth or jaws so they crush their food between their legs before they put it in their mouth.
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Horseshoe crabs have five pairs of walking legs. Report Abuse
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Female horseshoe crabs are twice the size of the males. Report Abuse
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A horseshoe crabs shell is like a suit of armor. Report Abuse
It is made of a substance called chitin and the shell is thick and flexible.
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Horseshoe crabs are considered arthropods Report Abuse
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Horseshoe Crabs aren't crabs at all. Report Abuse
It is considered a distant relative.
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The horseshoe crab is considered a living fossil Report Abuse
Fossils of these animals have been found to be 155 million years old.
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Its hard flexible shell keeps the animal from drying out when it comes on shore. Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs were used as fertilizer during the 1860's Report Abuse
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Horseshoe crabs molt. Report Abuse
Much like snakes horseshoe crabs shed their skins.
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