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Horseshoe Crab Returning To Surf, Slaughter Beach, DE

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An Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) returns to the Delaware Bay at sunrise after an evening of spawning, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.

Image Size: 3569x2379 / 24.3MB; www.bestnatureimages.com; 2011 Animalia Arthropod Arthropoda Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Atlantic Ocean Atlantic coastal Best Chelicerata DE Delaware Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Limulidae Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) test Limulus polyphemus May Mid-Atlantic Mid-Atlantic Seaboard Migration Slaughter Beach Xiphosura animal behavior behaviour coagulogen coast coastal conservation dawn habitat loss image images invertebrate late spring mating nature ocean photo photograph population decline spawning spring sunrise tiff wildlife Only search this gallery