Uploaded by bugstan on Dec 20, 2011
Hi,
I'm very fortunate to have met Dr. Anil Chatterji when we were working together to look into some problems faced by a hatchery in Kota Baru recently. At this aquaculture complex I learnt that there is also a horseshoe crab sanctuary. This project is a joint effort research collaboration between University Malaysia Terenganu and Ain Aquaculture.
Dr. Anil Chatterji from the National Institute of Oceanography INDIA is an expert in this dinosaur aged marine creature. He has found a way to extract blood from the horseshoe crab. The blood is then used in the medical field as a diagnostic media to trace certain disease. This video explain more.
http://uncle-bugs.blogspot.com/2011/12/horseshoe-crab.html
Dr Anil Chatterji, a senior scientist of NIO is on deputation on a Research Fellowship to Malaysia until end of 2008. His main interests are to focus on the habitat restoration, conservation of the species of horse shoe crabs that are found on Malaysian coastline. He also aims at the setting up of a Centre for horseshoe crab that would take care of the activities he would initiate this year. The Malaysian coast has three species of the horseshoe crab and Dr Chatterji writes "It is for the first time I noticed a wonderful distribution. I collected two pairs of biggest hosreshoe crab ever I had seen. The weight of one of the females is 7.5 kg and this is going to be a new record", while sending the photo of the crab. The Malaysian government has also approved a grant of 3 million Ringgits (Malaysian currency, 1 Ringgit= approx 12 Indian Rupees).
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