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Male horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) pile on top of a female crab during a spawning event, Port Mahon, Delaware.

Image Size: 2592x3888 / 28.9MB; www.bestnatureimages.com; 2009 Animalia Arthropod Arthropoda Atlantic Ocean Best DE Delaware Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Limulidae Limulus polyphemus May Migration Port Mahon Red Knot Shorebirds Xiphosurida ancient animal beach beach erosion behavior breeding coastal conservation copulating crab crabs declining populations image images mating nature overharvesting photo photograph shoreline spawning spectacle spring stopover tiff wildlife
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