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Several male Horseshoe crabs (Limulus Polyphemus) will attach to one larger female to spawn. Each year, half a million horseshoe crabs are harvested and bled alive to create a biomedical technology for detecting bacterial endotoxins. This image was accepted into the Plymouth Center for the Arts & the Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance's exhibition: "Horseshoe Crab: Against All Odds", June 2024.

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DSC_7417ShdC_HorsehoeCrabCrowd.tif
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Janet MacCausland
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6706x4476 / 258.1MB
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Several male Horseshoe crabs (Limulus Polyphemus) will attach to one larger female to spawn. Each year, half a million horseshoe crabs are harvested and bled alive to create a biomedical technology for detecting bacterial endotoxins. This image was accepted into the Plymouth Center for the Arts & the Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens Alliance's exhibition: "Horseshoe Crab: Against All Odds", June 2024.
Home Decor & Stock Photography; Nature; On Location Portraiture; Illustration.
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