Horseshoe Crab: Biography of a Survivor

by Anthony D. Fredericks

Traveling from the Delaware Bay to the Florida Panhandle, this examination is a quest through the natural history and science behind one of nature's oldest and oddest survivors--the horseshoe crab. With ten eyes, five pairs of walking legs, a heart half the length of their bodies, and blood that can save a person's life, horseshoe crabs have been on this planet for 445 million years--since long before the dinosaurs arrived. This book explores their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0983011184
• ISBN13: 9780983011187
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Ruka Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"