“Horseshoe Crabs” published in Hopscotch for Girls magazine, 2004


Horseshoe Crab

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Two by two, horseshoe crabs come ashore.

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Stranded crabs dehydrate in the sun.
Crabs use the water to help them navigate.

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Horseshoe crabs bury themselves in the wet sand to lay eggs.

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Crabs lay eggs by the tons.

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Shorebirds feast on eggs at low tide.

Photos were taken at Cape May on the Delaware Bay
© Mary Ann Taylor