Horseshoe crab

friends how she didn’t understand Michael. In the middle, Esther started to build a relationship with Michael. Sluggo the hermit crab started to bring the two closer together. In the end, Esther realized they both have Sluggo in common. Esther realized that Sluggo was lonely and so was Michael. So for…

John Green’s book Looking for Alaska focuses on Alaska’s character describing her as a free spirit with interesting stories thirsty for adventure. Because of these qualities, many of her actions have a reckless element to it. She participates in pranks and group activities with her friends yet her light hearted mood is a disguise for the terrible and haunting experience she had on the day her mother died. Her father is almost absent since she rarely speaks of him therefore, lacks a family…

Pthirus pubis, also known as pubic lice or crab louse, is an ectoparasite, which is strictly host specific to humans. Pubic lice have three stages: egg, nymph, and adult (CDC, 2017). Pubic lice targets coarse hair at its base and normally remain on its host until it is removed, controlled, or treated. Initially, the female will lay two to three eggs, also known as nits, over the course of twenty-four hours (CDC, 2017). The nits have a whitish in color and have an oval-like structure, with an…

station there because he was a missioner. All the girls and Tacho have their own unique personalities and ideas of what life must be like in the United States. During one day when the girls go out to catch crabs Nayeli had notice how the crabs would climb to the top of the bucket, but another crab would drag it down. That’s when Nayeli compared herself stating “that’s us, that’s Mexico” that is one comparison to the life in the world that Nayeli and her friends are living…

Evolution by natural selection and predator induced phenotypic plasticity are mechanisms that have been proposed to describe the effect of crab predation on snail shell thickness. Biologist Robin Seeley hypothesized that the periwinkle populations of New England evolved by natural selection as the European green crab was introduced to the area (Seeley, 1986). The three requirements for evolution by natural selection are that there is variation among a population, the variation is partly…

plants that formerly had their seeds moved around by these reptiles have been on the decline, and now the Aldabra tortoise upholds this job. In Cape Cod, Massachusetts, researchers have found that the European Green crab is reversing a decades long trend of damage that the Purple Marsh Crab has inflicted on salt marshes thus defeating the soil erosion issue and,ultimately, resulting in the return of cordgrass for…

The Limulus polyphemus has a primitive blood. According to Bang & Levin (n.d.) the Atlantic horseshoe crab blood carries oxygen and has a special pigment that is a protein called hemocyanin. Homo sapien blood has a very similar protein in it called hemoglobin that makes the blood red from iron in the blood. Hemocynanin has copper molecules in it causing the Atlantic horseshoe crab to have blue blood. The hemocytes (blood cells) in the blue blood have a special clotting aspect. The hemocytes…

56 percent of the 150 most popular prescribed drugs are linked to discoveries of natural compounds found in the wild” (Westbrook). These compounds come from species like the Pacific Yew, Houston Toad, Tarantulas, Gila Monsters, Sponges, and Horseshoe Crabs. All of these animals help provide treatment for serious diseases like cancer, heart and nerve disorders, diabetes, fungus and more. For example the “Pacific Yew was considered a “trash” tree and was burned after clearing out forests in the…

Introduction For my self guided field trip i originally chose Belmar beach in New Jersey, but with my chaotic school schedule and work schedule i had to travel locally. Instead I chose to take a day trip to Ocean City, Maryland. I lived in Ocean City, Maryland the summer prior so I had knowledge of the fun little beach town. (www.oceancity.com) My schedule consists of academic work Sunday through Thursday and working Thursday night through Saturday. Usually i work Saturdays but out of luck i…

typically live near the coast, frequenting North Carolina as well as Florida. These sea turtles have massive, log-like heads, and extremely strong jaws for munching on shellfish. Loggerheads are ominvores and typically masticate creatures such as horseshoe crab, mussels, clams, fish and jellyfish, while sometimes eating seaweed as well. Not only are loggerheads abundant, they are also some of the most intelligent species on Earth. The female Loggerhead will return to the ocean near where she…