| Awe-inspiring | 5:55 pm, August 2nd, 2010
This is kind of to do with this site…but it’s mostly just me talking about how amazing horseshoe crabs are.
Did you know they are the one of the oldest known living creatures in the world? They existed way back before humans were even around. Around the time visible life was just appearing.
And in that 250 million years, they have hardly evolved.
The T-rex’s and Trilobites are gone but the horseshoe crab is STILL HERE.
They look dangerous but they are really just harmless (unless you’re attacking it of course!)
They contain blue blood, which some claim is medicinal (but that may be just as true as eating tiger penises). One horseshoe crab only contains a few mL’s of blue blood, so you can imagine how incredibly expensive the crabs and their blood is!
In fact, the horseshoe crab’s eyes and blood is so similar to humans, scientists are still researching its blood and visual features.
I just thought I’d share that with everyone because it’s keeping me inspired today and that’s ALWAYS a good thing. 
August 3rd, 2010 at 1:36 am
Horseshoe crabs are closer to 450 million years old!
They are very impressive indeed!