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Ian Frazier: Can the Horseshoe Crab Be Saved? : The New Yorker

Tuesday, May 13th, 2014

ANNALS OF CONSERVATION

BLUE BLOODS

The horseshoe crab is half a billion years old, but its existence may be threatened.

BY IAN FRAZIERAPRIL 14, 2014

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/04/14/140414fa_fact_frazier

Can the Horseshoe #Crab Be Saved? Its blue, Cu-based blood contains #LAL which acts as a sensor for bacterial toxins
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/04/14/140414fa_fact_frazier