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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コメント (21)

@jurassictyrantkingYT 15時間前

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.
@pedallove7058 15時間前

What a fascinating and valuable story. Thank you so much!
@chariwater1 15時間前

We love them here at the shore. ❤
@yawenliu6648 13時間前

I used to live in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn , a meet up group took me to spot some horseshoe crabs several years ago
@happyfunjenn 13時間前

We need to be kinder to them...
@ThePinoyAggie 9時間前

That's pretty cool and clever, Re-Turn the Favor! Thank you, horseshoe crabs!
@MickeyFlipper 12時間前

They vaguely resemble prehistoric trilobites. Very cool. Definitely needs to be protected
@yvonneplant9434 14時間前

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.
@darsig3317 11時間前

Enlightening story. Thank you.
@rr7firefly 15時間前

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.
@MyChannel-ol1zz 6時間前

Never underestimate how many natural resources humans will exploit
@oceanwoods 12時間前

Horrific human entitlement and greed
@tedadams1324 6時間前

Poor Horseshoe Crabs
@stingraytor 13時間前

So cute!!!!!!!
@steveconn 12時間前

Great they prevent testing on rabbits too! Double benefit of these crabbies ❤
@mrivas3610 8時間前

I miss seeing them, grew up on Staten Island, NY, they were all over our eastern beaches.
@waltwenzel9549 11時間前

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?
@m.alequin1049 5時間前

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.
@user-wd7hs2ys8n 11時間前

So Beautiful So Peaceful Nature like Heaven Protect Nature The Relationship with the Nature
@richardthiele8363 9時間前

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.