Category: Horseshoe Crabs
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Survey Horseshoe Crabs in Barnstable Harbor
Volunteers Needed Please join Long Pasture, Mass Audubon in their upcoming Horseshoe Crab Survey. In a mass May migration, horseshoe crabs journey to the bays, coves, and tidal flats of Cape Cod to spawn and to lay clusters of eggs.Many creatures including migrating shorebirds rely on the eggs for high calorie boosts, enabling them to…
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Horseshoe Crabs – Ancient Mariners
May 6th, 6pm @ The Sturgis Library Horseshoe Crabs – Ancient Mariners Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary’s Ian Ives Horseshoe Crab Ecology: Horseshoe Crabs have been around for 350 million years, adapting to and withstanding every conceivable change time has presented. They have a critical role in the lives of the Red Knot,…