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"Mysteriously". My first thought (and indeed the end half of the article) points potential blame at the 'harvesting' of blood. Horseshoe crabs are captured, ha
by mmanfrin 10y ago
"Mysteriously".
My first thought (and indeed the end half of the article) points potential blame at the 'harvesting' of blood. Horseshoe crabs are captured, have some blood drained, and then are released. Maybe some group is getting a little to zealous with the harvest.
- giarc 10y ago>Those harvesting this 'blue blood' say they're not killing the crabs to obtain it, but reports have shown that even if crabs that are returned to the ocean afterwards, they tend to die earlier than those that had been left alone. Looks like it might not be as harmless as they thought.
- p42 10y agoConsidering that they are thrown back into the ocean without parts of their immune system, I find it a miracle that they survive at all. The "harvest" looks pretty gruesome to me: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/02/the-blood-harvest/284078/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/02/the-bl...
- arcticfox 10y agoHoly cow
- anexprogrammer 10y ago"The industry says that not that many of the animals die. Between 10 and 30 percent of the bled animals, according to varying estimates, actually die" Doesn't really fit my view of not that many. We seem determined to ruin everything we go near.
- stevegeary 10y agoI've no clue what horseshoe crab harvest stats are like for asia (Tachypleus), but for the U.S. it's somewhere like several hundred thousand crabs (Limulus) bled each year!