Horseshoe Crabs

[mahnoor263]

this feels so disgusting when you look at it

[Kemonokami]

I want to wear one as a helmet!

[Terrafissa]

No, Kabuto. After the helmet style that looks a lot like them, at that.

Cute little buggies, ain't they?

[IcarusCinematics]

Omanyte?

[jameslo93]

it just got real horny.............

[megamegadude56]

horse shoe crabs arewnt sea creatures nore insects there realy iracnicts there apart of the spider familf

[finthallon]

@megamegadude56 No they aren't arachnids, they are anthropods and considered living fossils.

[Giesji]

In denmark their name will literally be translated as "Dagger tails".

[batariass]

Invasion of them fucking robots

[SolidSnake2231]

Horseshoe crabs reminds me of the Baby Alien thingys...

[MrFtW2468]

Theres two of them doing it

[MatoranKane]

why are they humping each other?

[1995musicman]

I have no idea why, but these things scare the shit out of me. I think I'll stick to my lame hermit crab.

[BlueDyedScrollzPro]

@1995musicman i think the reason it scares a lot of people becaus it is closely relatedtoa spider

[1995musicman]

@BlueDyedScrollzPro little brother posting comments from my channel again.

[lehawnainthehouse67]

THERE FREAKEN SCARY BUT COOL!

[spontanous91151]

i always tought that they lived in the dinosaur era o_o

[KingTrebla]

@spontanous91151 they're trilobites :)

[MurdocLC]

@spontanous91151 They did. ;P

[ChesseAndRobot]

@spontanous91151 i think your talking about the trilobites

[spontanous91151]

@ChesseAndRobot huh are they the same spices?

[infantrydivision11]

I like to have a fish tank with fish in them..

[infantrydivision11]

they look prehstoric..

[MurdocLC]

@infantrydivision11 They are.

[epicguy103]

@jackhorncool how about you, triops have more legs, and the exo-shell-thingy is shaped different, triops do not have three eyes. how about YOU look at triops and then at horseshoe crabs, oh, also, horseshoe crabs are related to sea spiders, triops are not, maybe you should research before posting a pointless comment.

[epicguy103]

@jackhorncool no, they are not.

[IrradicableOne]

Are you gonna train them? Kabutops is the shit.

[epicguy2011]

they are doing sit ups xD

[alypkm]

kabuto ^^

[biggi3lue]

My mother always told me it was fine to have a mouth in my belly. But this little boy was very keen on letting us know the world isn't ready for me yet. :(

[TheBlastermaster10]

Kabuto i Choose You!

[markhorneyuk]

I do believe theses were one of the ideas that inspired the movie "Alien".

[jenpha16]

Ugh, shes grabbing the front of him and putting her fingers right into his stomach at the top of his legs. She should know better if she works there!

[claypiesexygod]

it was wagging its tail when that chick tickled it :D :D :D

[TheHannahBurger]

I feel sorry for that poor guy. She's flinging it around like the dishplates she probably throws at her husband when she gets home.

[standiner35gk6]

Throw a Pokéball, quick!

[DragonBoy425]

A wild KABUTO appeared!

[Atbrezzy]

HORSESHOE CRAB ORGY!!!!!!

[gerwin0]

kill it with fire!

[simdude2u]

Are they closely related to sting rays?

[paceetrate]

@simdude2u Not really. :P Rays are closer to sharks than these guys.

[Pahjx]

why are they all mating?

[gebass6]

I used to see them all the time when I was 7 years old back in Rhode Island.Wickford Harbor.1967

[HattoriHanzou54]

horshoe crabs have been on earth since prehistoric times

[MilkyGalaxies]

they have blue blood :D

[bxzel0915]

can anyone tell me how much is one i need to buy 2

[sweduffe]

dude they are from the dino year so they have survive this

[joomioh]

wow i've never seen a creature like this before

[Karltheork]

I remember going to the Ripley's Aquarium and getting up close and personal with a particularly large specimen. It actually seemed to enjoy me giving it a lil' scratch on the back, like a dog or something. Yet another reason I want one as a pet.

[ghathor1]

i forogt my pokebal

[orioncheung]

Hey, respect the horseshoe crab.

[fraserarts99]

that's probably what people thought were giant triops

[syntaxengot000]

their species living for about 445 million years now.

[bostonneverforgets]

If they become extinct we'll die out they have blue blood that is crucial to saving lives

[Berrymore84]

these creatures look like primitive arthropod during the Cambrian period...

[Cyber7Raptor]

@Berrymore84 they are a primitive arthropods during the cambrian period!!

[Berrymore84]

@Cyber7Raptor omg how i wish to have one of these ancient babies in my home aquarium. do you know whether or not can they live in freshwater environment? is there any major difference between a sea and a river horseshoe crab? thanks...

[zOMBIExECUTION]

i have one washed up on the beach thought it was dead until dad flipped it over bringing it to a nearby aquarium =)

[Michlimania]

I think they're cute...lol

[Berrymore84]

@Michlimania

yeah one thing is that they can't live without their partner

[randomvidzUKYP]

KINDA WEIRD

[ikmal017]

you can eat them, but only their eggs

[deluxedookie]

one of the few living dino's

[JelloJames16]

Ever wonder what the underside of a horseshoe crab looks like? Well BAM! There it is.

But really, cool animals.

[DvDPlaya]

One time some people dumped a bunch of horseshoe crabs on the shore of a freshwater river. But horseshoe crabs live in saltwater. I said, "WTF? Who would do this?!" And rescued one. =D

[Chebsi]

How did it taste?

[Berrymore84]

@Chebsi

no idea but i guess not much different from eating crab meat. in Asia they cook it with hot chillies and coconut milk, something like curry but milder taste with strong turmeric aroma

[littleredhenrietta]

Does their big round shell help them to trap whatever it is they're going to eat? They don't seem to have big claws to help them grab food.

[lamoboy]

they all look like they are mating

[jordanskatergirl]

i have a baby 1 but he rotted :( xD

[ReneeNme]

Living dinosaurs.

[AirgunAddict256]

lol look at the rest they're all mating. every single one of them xD

[feebaysocute]

eww creepy srry but gross

[SRVisthebest]

do they bite ?

[Ineama]

actually they don't have teeth! they crush their food with the claws!^^

[thEsPamer106]

this was before they added the guy that sayys: "TWO FINGERS ONLY!!!!"

[yanster420]

horseshoe crabs piss me off

[shortguy1994]

im sure you piss them off

[yanster420]

pppppffffft... piss off!

[shortguy1994]

whatever man

[Ellenluvsya]

i want one. I Like their little tail things, cute lol

[reapermachine]

@Ellenluvsya its not a tail its more of a horn and if you get stung you die off shock :D

[pingpoboy]

where can I get one of those

[KnoxSUX]

I saw two mating at the northern Gulf of Mexico while I was at the beach.

[KnoxSUX]

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Arthropoda

Subphylum:Chelicerata

Class:Merostomata[2]

Order:Xiphosura

Family:Limulidae

Genus:Limulus

Species:L. polyphemus

Questions?

[PwnD3fFtw]

lol if you think thas REALLy hard its not...

[KnoxSUX]

I guess not...

[magyarR34]

i want one for a pet!

[spiritomb]

Trust me, no you DO NOT. They're literally living fossils. And besides, they're very hard to take care of.

[1moe7]

me too! they're so cute! lol

[Lach1234]

These are one of the coolest looking sea creatures. I've always said that they looked Kabuto, this proves that Pokemon are real. 0_0

[CrakerMc]

@Lach1234 Kabuto and Kabutops design it's based on this animal, like other pokemon designs.

[dtextreme]

@Lach1234 Or thatKabuto and Kabutops are based on horseshoe crabs

[milkdduds]

their arachnids rite? i no their closer related to spiders then crabs

[JustAnotherGaian]

Yep, and scorpions, and ticks.

[xlSomethingRandomlx]

IT'S A MIRELURK! (Fallout3reference)

[XDigger56]

these are my favorite crab i like em better than the male fiddler crab

[omfgbobsaget]

they arent crabs.

[XDigger56]

they must feel like holy shit ley me go weido i was talking to him

[metroidhalo2]

I would so drop it

[lewigimole]

'its kinda wierd that they have mouths in their bellies' lmao

[UhOhitSzDanielle]

them thinqsz be in ORCHARD BEACH

[john3425000]

ive only seen these dead,washed up on the shore

[bigrog45324]

cockroach of the sea

[Squishybutt2]

They have blue blood, hospital uses their blue blood. they're actually becoming extinct.

[Mayes041]

I went to this one beech and it was loaded with em'. They're so cool. I read on Wikipedia they have blue (may be green, can't remember!) blood. Cuz instead of having iron in they're blood they got copper. DONT try and find out! take wikipedia's word for it, lol.....

[LMDTube]

I saw those all the time in wildwood NJ

[lingman4]

when i went to wildwood i found one and it floted to a guys leg and he twitched when he felt it, it was soooooo funny

[S0UrM3nt0]

there cool i like holding em and flipping em upside down lol

[cosmosboy]

this crab looks like the pokemon called ''kabuto''

[sandfordmill]

dont you mean the pokemon looks like the crab

[lonepirhana357]

the only thing cool at that aquarium is the whale shark

[giantpanda371]

Is this at the Panda-less Zoo? Most of you call it Denver Zoo.

[monypril]

theire rare the first time i saw 1 i taught it was a rock cause i coulnt see the tail,it was covered with sand and all but then it moved so i knew it wasnt a rock.

[michael472]

the first time I saw one in the wild it was upside down and dead/eaten at the Severn River =[.

[slash0909]

I recently was at Edisto Beach and Kayaked to a small island to find a few of these and lots of dead ones, I really wish they weren't so rare.

[TwistyTiesGH]

I had a small one in my aquarium...they always bury themselves i hardly ever seen him

[jadoremac]

An extract of the horseshoe crab's blood is used by the pharmaceutical and medical device industries to ensure that their products (e.g., intravenous drugs, vaccines, and medical devices) are free of bacterial contamination. No other test works as easily or reliably for this purpose. It took 10 yrs for them to mature... many people eat the eggs as delicacy which may cause extinction... :-(

[kikyoinuyasha123]

there older then the dinasours last time i went fishing is saw alot of dead horseshoe crabs

[therunof]

Giant triops!

[smartard]

neat animals, unfortunate name(theyre not really crabs)

[animefreak171717]

yeah they are actually closely realated to spiders

[hellokittymaxx]

All crabs are closely related to spiders.

[manoman0]

is that so? interesting....well, but kind'a right, if you count the legs...thx for the info

[noisecape]

The Horseshoe Crab is really not a crab, but more closely related to spiders and mites, belonging to a group of animals called chelicerates.

[manoman0]

oh. thank you for clarification.

what about the other comments abotut they having blue blood?

[noisecape]

sounds like the evil aristocracy of Europe.

but in seriousness, yah, they have blue blood, which i harvested for medical purposes.

They are becoming increasingly rare.

[JerryRSun]

Can you use their blood for something?

[omfgbobsaget]

their blood is blue because instead of iron they have copper in their blood.

[manoman0]

I see. Very interesting; that, I did not know.

[noisecape]

these crabs win because they got 10 legs

[HickaToogawa]

Wow, I thought there was like a big crab under that shell, not, well... nothing... They're cool but crabs scare me.

[harvestmoonmaster]

i know what you mean when i had hermit crabs

i was to afraid to hold one,and she lost her big claw!

[GuitarMcLicks]

lol, I hate crabs, We have big GREEN crabs here, there at least 4 inches long.

[olilem]

theyre not actually crabs at all

its just their name

they are more like spiders with a shell

they are an arthropod specie of their own

[GuitarMcLicks]

they're not horseshoe crabs, just big green crabs! I have a psycotic fear of the ocean.

[YuccaPucca]

I'm terrified of these things. They scare me so much. D8

[Obscuros8]

I am an architecture student down in Miami, and I am doing a building design based on this crab.

[mrcoment]

I wish I could see some...

[2nick1]

these things are all horny or what ?

[animefreak171717]

if they are latched on to each other yes lol

[LostProphet1776]

Flip it on its back, and attack its weak point for massive damage

[Brinah]

they are described as "walking frying pans"

[peace36660]

they're edible too =P

[666greetings]

really? hows the taste?

[peace36660]

fishy and tender...eggs are particularly tasty. =P

[carebearnmbr46]

Edwardius, interesting fact about the horseshoe crab. They aren't really crabs. They are, in fact, more closely related to arachnids than to crabs.

[SkylerGameReaper]

looks more like theyre related to trylobites [which is extinct[or is it?]]

[emi172]

Horseshoe crabs!! They are interesting. Touched a lot of it before. Males have "muscular arms" BTW, are most of the horseshoe crabs mating? They look like they are.

[generalj02]

where do you actualy catch them legavaan?

[muzzyFuzzy123]

sweet

[Legavaan]

they look scary underneath but i caught 3 today

there cool

[ox100100]

i caught one once...there freaking creepy...it took me like an hour to get the hook out... it bites hard lol

[teentitansnumba1fan]

Awesome!!!

[lovercat06]

ohhhhhhhh cooooool

[Edwardius]

Crrrrrraaaaaaabs.

[strawzzboy]

It's a Kabuto!

[snaligator]

would you let it crawl on your back, NO, its so creepy, like a giant spider.

[ifeelworthless12]

it is related to spiders more then anything

[BroodjeGezond]

Those things are so cool!