Horseshoe crabs: Ancient creatures who are a medical marvel
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- Correspondent Conor Knighton visits New Jersey beaches along the Delaware Bay to learn about horseshoe crabs - mysterious creatures that predate dinosaurs - whose very blood has proved vital to keeping humans healthy by helping detect bacterial endotoxins. He talks with environmentalists about the decline in the horseshoe crab population, and with researchers who are pushing the pharmaceutical industry to switch its use of horseshoe crab blood with a synthetic alternative used in medical testing.
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A Survivor from the age of dinosaurs 🦕, And a prehistoric species that is proving valuable to humans today. Humans are now proving to be the most difficult creature they've ever come across threatens their survival as an ancient species.
They're about 380 million years older than the dinosaurs but i bet some of the dinosaurs thought they were delicious though
True! Shows the folly of humans ruling over humans and that we need our loving Creator’s rulership and wisdom even more. Soon!
Daniel 2: 44
Humans are the most dangerous species. We don't have to be, but we're slow to learn and even slower to act.
Y’all must not know the hoax of the Salisbury steak … 😅
We need to be kinder to them...
@@happyfunjenn hehe bowl of scrambled white eggs is what they look like after bein cooked lol
Yeah, those anti horseshoe crab militias are the worst........
@@TB-ModelRRYou mean humans?
Nobody touching them
Humans must be kinder to almost everything.
I'm glad to know that there is a human representing their best interests and not letting them be used and abused. They live on this earth too, when are humans getting this into their head. We are in 2024 and still testing on living beings that have no voice.
What a fascinating and valuable story. Thank you so much!
They vaguely resemble prehistoric trilobites. Very cool. Definitely needs to be protected
Trilobites are the ancient ancestor of modern day horseshoe crabs.
@@AntiloquaxNomad Thank you. I actually had no idea 😊
@@AntiloquaxNomad they also resemble the pill bugs a.k.a. "rolly pollys" you may see under a rotting log.
Thank you for this important information. We need a synthetic solution to save these creatures. We have to stop killing everything.
We love them here at the shore. ❤
When will humans understand that there are consequences to our actions? When will we understand that we can't/shouldn't take all that we can?
We are like vampires 🧛 to these horseshoe crabs 😁
So Beautiful So Peaceful
Nature like Heaven
Protect Nature
The Relationship with the Nature
Enlightening story. Thank you.
Horrific human entitlement and greed
That conclusion is absurdly reductive
@@anti_honey false
I remember as a young child when I would go to the beach, I would see horseshoe crabs along the shore. I was always afraid of them (especially that long tail I was afraid that it would stick me). I always tried to stay away from them because they scared me to death. I’m glad that I saw this story because as an adult, I’m still afraid of horseshoe crabs. But I feel a little better now that I understand them a little bit more. 🦀🦀🦀🦀
this is a dinosaur of a creature! respect! please DO nOT endanger this creature!
I remember the horseshoe crabs when I went to the Jersey shore as a child. I didn’t realize how valuable they are, just thought how funny they look.
My mother called them "German helmets" for their resemblance to the "pickelhaub" (spiked) helmets worn by the Kaiser's soldiers.
That's pretty cool and clever, Re-Turn the Favor! Thank you, horseshoe crabs!
You're welcome.
Human beings are notorious opportunists who will consume every natural resource available, regardless of the damage done to an ecosystem. It is necessary to protect the horseshoe crabs from the ignorant practices that have threatened their continued existence. This is the sad state of the world, folks.
😂🤡🤣 sAvInG lIvEs wItH cRaB bLoOd iS eVil! If you feel guilty being human, you know what I can't suggest...
@@Phreno_Xeno Maybe you should do some serious editing on your comment so we can understand what you are trying to say. No one who bemoans the widespread ignorance shown by many human beings identifies with that stupidity. In fact just the opposite. We who love the natural world stand in strong opposition to its wanton destruction by human greed and shallow understanding of life's purpose.
🤣🤡😂
@@rr7fireflyAGREE WITH YOU 100% From birth we are brainwashed into consuming every resource available to us and produce nothing to replenish our planet. Very few of us understand how unnatural this is.
This is exactly how Rhino's became extinct
People might laugh at you but until the majority of species of animals goes extinct the edgy middle schoolers would take it all back
"I was abducted by land living two legged aliens, experimented on, they drew my blood and then they put me back on the beach"
- Horseshoe Crab trying to convince his friends later -
Lmfao
Poor Horseshoe Crabs
I used to live in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn , a meet up group took me to spot some horseshoe crabs several years ago
Never underestimate how many natural resources humans will exploit
Please leave the crabs to the birds.
Humans make species go instinct.
Please respect ALL animals.
Ok
The funny thing about people saying we need to leave them alone is those same people would be complaining about toxins in their medicine and vaccines; people also will complain about something being harvested from nature but then be in an uproar over something being made synthetically; which is it? Save the animals and plants by not using them or save them by using synthetically made products? Nobody knows the answer
This is so interesting. I have an understanding of horseshoe crabs now good story.
I remember walking in cape cod as a kid in the 80's and seeing them all over.
I was born in Miami and lived there for 56 years. I have been a diver all of my life. Horseshoe crabs were prolific in Florida from the time I started diving in the 1970s. Now they are gone. Absolutely horrifying as the marine environment in Florida is absolutely devastated.
I miss seeing them, grew up on Staten Island, NY, they were all over our eastern beaches.
I've grown up around horseshoe crabs and I've always thought they were leftovers from the dinosaurs! They're awesome creatures, even if they do stink like hell!!
Eli Lilly was a graduate of the College of Pharmacy and Science in Philadelphia.. It became the University of the Sciences. The latter is now part of St Joe's University.
Now Eli Lilly has turned into the epitome of corporate greed selling one vial of insulin for $350. They were freely given the knowledge and techniques of extracting insulin by scientists.
I first saw a horseshoe crab when I lived in Savannah GA. They are fascinating but I can't help thinking of the facehuggers from alien 👽
Their underside is creepy
growing up we swam with them in the long island sound. they were EVERYWHERE.
Interesting and enjoyable piece. Thank you
Crabs are marvellous creatures.
Horseshoe crabs aren't crabs, but yeah.
Didn’t know they live that far up the coast.
Reminds of the time they inundated Honeymoon Island the night we camped there.
I've seen horseshoe crabs during an 8th grade field trip to Edison, NJ. That was cool, but now I think, what a priviledge to have witnessed that.
We should probably do better at saving these horseshoe crabs rather than using them as tests, and bates. These creatures have been here before us.
Very interesting, thank you!
For a second I thought was a bug from dune
Its unbelievable how some fishermen are ocean rapers and exploit the resources.🌴🌴🏝️
Fascinating I Love know about something Scientific and interesting Information 😮
They get FLUSHED and so do you
So cute!!!!!!!
There's a bird that goes from South America to the artic? 😮
I was hanging out with a horseshoe crab the other night... he was complaining about having to go home to the ol ball and chain..
When i was a kid,i caught 2 mating on my fishing line out in my dads boat. Scared the heck out of me. Dad tried to shake them off,but they took the whole tack,line and sinker! Never forget that day so long ago! That's what living at the Jersey shore will get you! PEACE!
Lily could be use better return and care policy, but industry doesn’t like much treating creatures and the environment nicely because it is costly.
Great they prevent testing on rabbits too! Double benefit of these crabbies ❤
But they're not crabs
Rabbits breed like well bunnies! They’re basically an unlimited resource.
@@TheTonialaddwhat are well bunnies?
@@ThrasherGnarI think they meant ‘rabbits breed like, well, bunnies’ 🤷🏻♀️
@@Tamara-id1pe thank you! It’s amazing how the meaning of a sentence can change with the proper punctuation.
Whole lotta money in that blue blood. Send me a family of them to NC please!!!
Yes better practices please! I was at a beach in hyannis Massachusetts last weekend and saw hundreds of dead horse shoe crabs! So sad
Please don't extinct them.
They deserve better.
I've won so many games back in the day with horseshoe crab and hermetic study.
2:16 white chested one top right is so happy about those HC eggs it is dancing as it eats lol!
These rascals look like prehistoric, you can definitely see how they're survived for hundreds to thousands of years.
Hundreds of millions of years.
I'm amazed wow.
"Just trying to get it on" - Male Crab to taggers 😂😂
Do these crabs creep far north? Maine? 🌊
If there’s a monetary profit to be made, humans take advantage, regardless. I am thankful there are some of my species who do consider and try to negate any negative consequences.
Amazing 👏
Wow... So interesting
Very interesting😊
Used to see them at the Beaches ⛱️ back in the day
They were such a natures marvel between Science and the commercial fisherman using them for bait they were nearly wiped out to extinction
They look like giant ticks!
They are related
How much money does the pharmaceutical companies make from these creatures, per year???
If you donate some of your blood you will feel dizzy, lightheaded, chilly, weak, and maybe throw up afterwards (I eat a light meal 3 or 4 hours before donating blood). You may have to drink juice or Gatorade and rest for at least 30 minutes just to recover. Now think of what these horseshoe crabs experience after blood was taken from them.
Growing up near Jamaica Bay, there were so many horseshoe crabs a school kid in the 1980’s. They survived several ELE ’s, for 500 million years, but western medicine and greed has made them an endangered species in less than 40 years.
Resembles a bug.
Kinda. They're not really crabs.
@@yvonneplant9434They aren't bugs either.
In 6th or 7th grade we went to jamaica bay nyc. As i was wakling on sand, i saw a horseshoe crab and took a photo. That was my first time and only time seeing one.i knew not to touch crab.
Are they good eating?
I’m curious as to how they used rabbits for testing?
These companies should be ashamed of themselves, first rabbits, now horseshoe crabs. There has got to be a better way if our ecosystem depends on it. Sad. At least Eli Lilly is moving in the right direction. But it's 2024, how long will it take to get to 90%? Why not have a press conference and educate the public. And why not ban using horseshoe crabs as bait? If our ecosystem depends on it, we need to sacrifice our current gain for a sustainable future.
I wish I could tap into this business…I see horseshoe crabs everytime I’m at the beach, one of those bottles of blue blood is worth in the range of 10-$15k…
Poor rabbits
We Have Them In Far Rockaway Beaches And Protected By
The Sea And The Government Too
The only endangered specie is Humanity, they will survive us too.
Interesting
Lobsters have blue blood too.
@evelynbare19g75 No we do not
Good morning
Charles laboratory has numerous violations,do an expose on them
Horseshoe Crabs first appeared on the scene over 400 million years ago, on March 8th. They were first seen in New Jersey, Perth Amboy, I believe it was, and were noted for their bright, blue blood. Legend has it that the first governor of New Jersey, Uug, used them for softball practice. You're welcome. 😮😅😮😅
I feel sorry for them. Leave them alone!! 😡
he said IF u mix these 2 in the correct ratio- you get the synthetic. WHAT IF THERES A BAD BATCH? ALL THEIR READINGS WILL BE WRONG.
This seems so sad to be doing this to them 😢
This was on PBS over 10 years ago 🙄
Right. Not much has changed, except the 💰💰
Seems worth repeating. 🤔
Crustaceans are arthropods, though...chelicerates to be exact.
We used to see them, now, not so much.
450 million years old? According to Mike Johnson, our Speaker of the House that is 2nd in line to the President thinks the Earth is 6,000 years old and the dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark LOL
Is George Lilly still alive?
Save Mr. Krabs. Flip 'em.
Mr. Krabs is a crab, not a horseshoe crab.
Barbaric use of these animals. 😢
Plot twist : evolution is going to make them the primary species
Okay
😅
That part about the vaccine deal came out of nowhere and the fact we so depend on it is frightening gotta love the fear mongering…
Well, this is a pretty sad story about the horseshoe crab. How much of the blood are they bleeding from the animal? Does anybody know that? If they’re dying after they’re released, can you imagine the stress that they’re under to be bled like that?
they should have to breed their own horseshoes r and there needs to be strict oversight since you can’t trust a drug company as far as you can throw them.
Did all those bedbugs from a few years back evolve into a russian ray gun?
My family boils and cans horseshoe crabs
Tell them to stop.
7:03 If nature designed it so some of them stay toppled over (maybe to feed a different animal), should they be messing with nature's design and turning them over?
well, i didn't know there was horseshoe crab blood in my pepsi
Not a crab. Not so littoral society
They Are Not Dangerous To People