Science MemesEvery million years or so:
"Hey, horseshoe crab, we're gonna evolve. Wanna come with?"
"Naw, I'm good."
C R A B
Well, it is a very good horseshoe crab in a t-shirt!
that horseshoe crab is coming home with me TONIGHT
Horseshoe crabs are the best animal, anyone who disagrees is wrong and can fight me
Theyre so cool 🥹
I wonder if they’re tasty
How dare you 😭 /j
They already have to worry about being caught for their medically precious blue blood 🥹
I looked it up and apparently people can and do keep them as pets, but they need a very big tank and are generally wild caught so folks often discourage keeping them
they are crabs so yes
They're not crabs! They're not even crustaceans! They're not even mandibulates, which means insects and myriapods are more closely related to crabs than they are! They aren't even antennulata, which means they're further from crustaceans than trilobites were!
What they are is cheliceriforms, like sea spiders and arachnids.
They can be consumed, but not all of them, and there is a risk of poisoning.
Don't blame me, I call them limules. I'd say something about carcinisation, but tbh I don't think they even look or move enough like crabs for it to apply. Someone just called it that and it stuck I guess.
Crabshoe horse?
