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Does anyone enjoy horseshoe crab? I've had it once, and there's very little edible meat. Seems more of a novelty than sustenance. (I may have been eating it inc

• beambot 5y ago
  Super-useful creature. "Horseshoe crab blood: The micracle vaccine ingredient that's saved millions of lives." https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/horseshoe-crab-blood-miracle-vaccine-ingredient.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/horseshoe-crab-blood-miracle-...
  • Bellamy 5y ago
    Damn, this was interesting and depressing the same time.
    • SavantIdiot 5y ago
      Not clicking on that. I recall seeing a picture of rows of hundreds of crabs strapped to harnesses, bent in half, with needles in their backs draining their blue blood. Still can't get it out of my head.
      • cultofmetatron 5y ago
        had a friend in college who did that as his summer job. They take great care to make prevent them from dying but then they get sold to fishermen to be used as chum... go figure.