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NeilBlanchard · 01-01-2011, 08:48 AM

Why is a quart of horseshoe crab blood worth about $15,000?

Crash: A Tale of Two Species - Video: Full Episode - Horseshoe Crabs, Red Knot Shorebird | Nature

Why is their blood copper based, instead of iron based like most other life? How have they survived 350 million years? How will more acidic oceans affect them? Why should we care if they live or die?

You and I have benefited from horseshoe crab blood. How? Watch the video.

Can we have horseshoe crab blood without horseshoe crabs?

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