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Horseshoe Crabs and the battle to save them

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

This is a story that makes me mad and yet fills me with hope.

The Johor Straits Singapore is one of the homes of the Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda species of horseshoe crabs that inhabit that part of the world.

Carcinoscorpius Rotundicauda are horseshoe crabs that can be found in the indo/west pacific waters and are getting dangerously close to extinction.

The part that makes me mad is that fishermen are using mono-filament nets on these shores and are leaving them unmanned.  The horseshoe crabs and other wildlife get caught in the nets and when the tide goes out are stranded on land where the heat quickly kills them.

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Yesterday, May 15 Endangered Species Day

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Although the horseshoe crab is not on the endangered species list, maybe it should be. Their rapid decline in numbers has brought a number of other animals dependent on them for food dangerously close to extinction.

There are many animals that would probably not survive if horseshoe crab populations continue to decline.

The red knot, which has been getting a lot of attention in recent years depend on horseshoe crab eggs in the Delaware Bay area to fatten up so that they can complete their 9,300 mile migration From the tip of southern South America to their Arctic breeding grounds and still have enough energy to still nest when they get there.

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