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Vor 23 Stunden · Horseshoe crabs mate along the Broad Channel beach, May 21, 2024. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY On a blustery late spring evening, the coastline of the aptly-named Sunset Cove Park in Broad Channel, Queens is teeming with the ten-eyed, 12-legged creatures — which are not, despite their name, actually crabs but rather arthropods with exoskeletons that are more closely related to spiders.
Vor 23 Stunden · Mass die-offs of horseshoe crabs were noted again in Ocean City in both 2022 and 2023. Additionally, a similar die-off occurred at Brigantine Beach, Maryland, in 2022. Horseshoe crabs are distinctive brown arthropods, characterized by their armored bodies, ten eyes, and long, spiked tails. They pose no threat to humans. Each spring, these crabs ...
