🎊🦀 New York has officially passed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, phasing out both commercial and biomedical harvest of horseshoe crabs in state waters by 2029. 🌊 These 250-million-year-old “living fossils” are a keystone species that plays an irreplaceable role in the ecosystem. Every spring, their nutrient-dense eggs fuel the migration of thousands of shorebirds — especially the federally threatened Red Knot, which times its journey from South America to the Arctic to match horseshoe cra
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Check this out—baby horseshoe crabs! 🤗 A CBF staff member found these little ones on the beach at our Annapolis HQ. Often called "living fossils," horseshoe crabs have existed for more than 300 million years and we’re excited these little ones will keep that going! https://www.chesapeakebay.net/S=0/fieldguide/critter/horseshoe_crab | Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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