{"id":12952,"date":"2013-05-09T22:38:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T03:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2013-05-11T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T21:36:39","slug":"hyper-active-horseshoe-crab-nursery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12952","title":{"rendered":"Hyper Active Horseshoe Crab Nursery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-002-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12956\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-002-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-002-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-002-480-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Don Lewis\u00c2\u00a0Studies Two Tiny Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Turtle Journal team revisited our &#8220;secret&#8221; horseshoe crab nursery on Thursday afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 We last checked this spot on April 18th; see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=12667\" target=\"_blank\">Salt Marsh Awakening: Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs Active on Outer Cape Cod<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-004-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12960\" title=\"post hsc nursery 004 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-004-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-004-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-004-480-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Rufus Examines Tiny Juvenile Horseshoe Crab<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We wanted to get a sense of how well these ancient creatures may be doing, particularly in this long, chilly Spring.\u00c2\u00a0 In the decade we have been checking\u00c2\u00a0this location each Spring for juvenile horseshoe crabs, we have never before seen so much activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-003-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12958\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-003-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-003-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-003-480-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Three Tiny Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dozens of juvenile crabs from tiny to small to mid size bounced around the salt marsh tidal pool like Tonka Toy bulldozers plowing through a playground sandbox. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-005-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-12962\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-005-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-005-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-005-480-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs Bulldoze Serpentine Mazes<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We can only laugh at their antics as they carve serpentine mazes in the oozy bottom.\u00c2\u00a0 Adult horseshoe crabs are beneficial auto-tillers of tidal and subtidal zones, a skill they obviously seem to practice from birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-006-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12964\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-006-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-006-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-006-480-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Juvenile Horseshoe Crab Left Compound Eye<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The exceptional compound eyes of horseshoe crabs never cease to amaze us.\u00c2\u00a0 Much of our knowledge about human eyesight came from studies of these compound eyes.\u00c2\u00a0 Dr. H. Keffer Hartline received the Nobel Prize for his research on horseshoe crab vision in 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-001-960.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12954\" title=\"Sierra Exif JPEG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-001-480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-001-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-001-480-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/post-hsc-nursery-001-480-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Two Tiny Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs in Nursery<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While documenting the science of this horsehoe crab nursery is rewarding per se, we confess that\u00c2\u00a0watching these juveniles spin around the tidal pool like pre-teens driving their first amusement park bumper cars can be mesmerizingly delightful.\u00c2\u00a0 So much so that you forget that you&#8217;re even doing science.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Lewis\u00c2\u00a0Studies Two Tiny Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs The Turtle Journal team revisited our &#8220;secret&#8221; horseshoe crab nursery on Thursday afternoon.\u00c2\u00a0 We last checked this spot on April 18th; see Salt Marsh Awakening: Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs Active on Outer Cape Cod.\u00c2\u00a0 Rufus Examines Tiny Juvenile Horseshoe Crab We wanted to get a sense of how well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[824],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12952"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12989,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12952\/revisions\/12989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}