Witness the horseshoe crab molting process
Posted by Jody on July 25, 2012
Reblogged from Beach Chair Scientist:
I'd like to share this remarkable two and a half-minute video of a horseshoe crab during the molting process. Produced by the Hong Kong Coast Watch and filmed by Kevin Laurie in May 2011, this film shows a juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus (one of the three species found in the Pacific ocean along the coast of Japan) shedding its outgrown exoskeleton at 16 times real speed.

Beach Chair Scientist said
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Jody said
You’re welcome & thanks for the great information. What an interesting animal.
Lynn said
Very cool! Sharing!
Jody said
bozywoman said
Very neat!!! Interesting stuff!!!
Jody said
I agree! So glad you enjoyed it.