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1 online resource (x, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Title Page; Foreword; By Glenn Gauvry; Introduction; Ten Thousand Friends; (And Some Human Party Crashers); Chapter 1; Mr. Roger N. Parker of Golden, Colorado, Lives Another Day; How Horseshoe Crabs Saved His Life?(and Yours, Too); Chapter 2; Long Before the Dinosaurs; Yes, They've Been Around a While; Chapter 3; Lord De La Warr's Bay; A Short Course in Geology and History; Chapter 4; From Fertilizer to Bait; Taking Advantage of an Ancient Creature; Chapter 5; Horseshoe Crab-ology 101; All That Anatomy and Physiology Stuff; Chapter 6; Can You See What Eye See?; The Creature with Ten Eyes. |
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Chapter 7Ménage a Trois, Ménage a Quatre, Ménage a ... Whatever; Reproduction Among the Arthropods; Chapter 8; Free Food! All You Can Eat! Come and Get It!; The Birds and the Eggs; Chapter 9; Hatching Out and Moving On; Growing Up is Hard to Do; Chapter 10; Where the Boys Are; Spring Break in Florida; Chapter 11; "To Protect This Remarkable Mariner"; How an Intrepid Band of Citizens is Defending Horseshoe Crabs; Chapter 12; A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed; One Man and His Lifelong Passion?for Limulus; Chapter 13; Back to School; Green Eggs & Sand; Chapter 14; "'Cause they're ugly!" |
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Are Horseshoe Crabs Worth It?Postscript; Orgy on Gandy's Beach; Author's Note; How Horseshoe Crabs Saved My Life; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Timeline; Bibliography. |
| Summary |
Traveling from the Delaware Bay to the Florida Panhandle, this examination is a quest through the natural history and science behind one of nature's oldest and oddest survivors--the horseshoe crab. With ten eyes, five pairs of walking legs, a heart half the length of their bodies, and blood that can save a person's life, horseshoe crabs have been on this planet for 445 million years--since long before the dinosaurs arrived. This book explores their unique biology and sex life, explains their importance to medical science and migratory shorebirds, and introduces readers to the people who are work. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Limulus polyphemus -- Research.
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Limulus polyphemus -- Research. |
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Limulus polyphemus. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Fredericks, Anthony D. Horseshoe Crab : Biography of a Survivor. Chicago : Ruka Press, ©2012 9780983011187 |
| ISBN |
9780985574819 electronic book |
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098557481X electronic book |
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9780983011194 electronic book |
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0983011192 electronic book |
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9780983011187 |
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0983011184 |
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