Fossil horseshoe Crab
| Description: |
Horseshoe crabs are actually more closely related to spiders then crabs. Their tail is not a weapon; it is used to help flip it right side up if it should get turned over and acts as a rudder as it moves through the sand. These animals are classic living fossils. They are living examples of an otherwise extinct animal that has remained virtually unchanged over a long period of times. A Horseshoe crab found today would look and act just like this one did millions of years ago. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1297 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Horseshoe crabs Animals, Fossil Fossils |
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