Giant horseshoe crab under square glass
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Appeared on earth 450 Million years ago, this horseshoe-crab (its nickname) has hardly evolved. And their blue blood is simply prodigious: it clots in contact with infectious bacteria to prevent contamination of the animal. And this blue blood is used in hospitals to detect bacteria on implants and medical equipment. 500,000 Limules are caught every year by laboratories for a collection of 30% of their blood . The price per liter is 11,000 Euros! This specimen comes from Indonesia and is really huge, it is a Carcinoscorpius Rotundicauda.
