The decline of the red knot, a bird that depends upon on the eggs of horseshoe crabs for its survival, recently lead scientists to discover that the crabs ...
... horseshoe crabs along the Bay, and b) the strategies that are in place to try to protect the horseshoe crab population. 6. Play Protecting the Horseshoe Crab.
Getting a handle on horseshoe crab populations has been tricky. One method is to tag crabs and ask the public to report sightings. - 15- - [Narrator] Dave ...