26th April 2026 18:27
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Do horseshoe crabs bite or sting?
Horseshoe crabs do not bite or sting humans and are considered completely harmless. Despite their intimidating, spike-like tail (telson), they lack fangs or stingers and use their tails solely to flip themselves upright if overturned by waves
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Once a Spawn a Time: Horseshoe Crabs Mob the Beach (4:30)
Horseshoe crabs may look scary, but when it's springtime in Delaware Bay, millions of these arthropods show they're lovers, not fighters. They lay masses of blue-green eggs up on the shore. At just the right time, they pop and release the larvae within the sea.