I am looking for some advice and information on Horseshoe crabs. If anyone knows a guru or is one I would appreciate some contact information.
Not sure what you want to know but the folks at SCDNR should be able to help you. Larry Delancy is the crab and shrimp guy. delancyl@dnr.sc.gov
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They’re thick in bullsbay certain times. Don’t remember when. Their blood is blue. It used to be used in some cancer reseaqrch project. They’ll scare shat outta ya if you step on one giggin
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Originally posted by PeaPodThey’re thick in bullsbay certain times. Don’t remember when. Their blood is blue. It used to be used in some cancer reseaqrch project. They’ll scare shat outta ya if you step on one giggin
Their immune system is a mechanical pathogen isolation system. They were researching ways to use those pathways to isolate cancer cells or other viral infections. I’m sure they still are, but nothing groundbreaking yet.
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Their immune system is a mechanical pathogen isolation system. They were researching ways to use those pathways to isolate cancer cells or other viral infections. I’m sure they still are, but nothing groundbreaking yet.
man the things you can learn on here
You can find dead Ones any given day on Otter Island. I’m guessing the motion of the ocean just washes them up there .
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2nd the referral to mr delancey. you could read up on this before you talk to him: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdf/Horseshoecrab.pdf
a lot of the “dead ones” are molts, especially when the water’s warm. they come shallow to spawn in the spring, hard to miss when they’re all stacked on top of each other in the surf and creeks.
catching one in a cast net can be a pain.
i might be wrong, but i think i was told that the blood is blue because oxygen binds to copper instead of iron…
I thought it was illegal to have one in posession due to the depleation of the population for human blood transfusions … not directly but for research
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but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
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