Horseshoe Crab features - Estuaries NOAA
Horseshoe Crab features - Estuaries NOAA
Horseshoe Crab features - Estuaries NOAA
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S T U D E N T M A S T E R<strong>Horseshoe</strong> <strong>Crab</strong>: Internal <strong>features</strong> (bottom view)Near the beginning of thehorseshoe crab's digestivetract, these parts gather thefood together and grind it toa pulp.An adult femalehorseshoe crab canlay over 80,000 ofthese each year.Like other animals, thisorgan is the center of thehorseshoe crab's nervoussystem.Pulverized food passesinto this part of thehorseshoe crab to bedigested.Activity 7: Hooray for <strong>Horseshoe</strong> <strong>Crab</strong>s 15
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