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Feeling Crabby: Horseshoe Crabs are NOT True Crabs, but they are Living Fossils!
Today we're learning everything we can about HORSESHOE CRABS! Horseshoe crabs have been around for more than 300 million years, making them even older than dinosaurs. They look like prehistoric crabs but are actually more closely related to scorpions and spiders.
Tybee Island Marine Science Center Educator Frank Wooldridge is with us on this episode to talk about these living fossils.
Some interesting facts you'll hear in this episode: The body of a horseshoe crab is divided into three parts: the prosoma, opisthosoma and telson, or tail. The prosoma is the front, semicircular part and the…
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