Horseshoe Crabs

If you think you have too big of a family, then you clearly haven’t met the horseshoe crab, the females produce about 90,000 eggs. Why so many you ask? Well out of those 90,000 eggs, the mom horseshoe crab can only expect 10 to survive.

sand horseshoe Crab

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  1. This is my story:

    Heather the HorseShoe Crab had layed 90, 000 eggs in one day and she was very tired! “Man, I can’t wait till these grow up into little horsesho crabs and move on.” she smiled as much as she could but looked weird because of her peculiaraly arranged mouth and way of eating. “And if I am lucky and take really good care of tem, maybe even ten will survive.” The End.

  2. Once my teacher told my class to write a legend with pictures and writing. I made my legend on how the wolf became a dog, and my teacher liked it so much she publised it into a book for my school.