Horseshoe crabs are so fascinating! When I was a kid growing up in Malaysia, every time my family went to the sea I would rescue horseshoe crabs from nets on the tidal flats and put them back in the water.
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couldnt agree more with you. they are just hoovering the ocean for worms and such, minding their own business while looking like little helmets with eyes
Horseshoe crabs are the closest living relatives to the Eurypterids, also known as the sea scorpions. I think they might also be the closest living relatives to Trilobites, but I might be wrong about that.
Great job Cameraman Tim, looks like they took our advice and gave you your own segment! I totally forgot about the Horseshoe crab so its nice to have a crash course about them. By the way Tim, I know you were thinking that the crabs looked like facehuggers from Alien. I'm a nerd so it was obvious to me, lol. Me personally, I think they look more like Kabuto from Pokémon (look it up, you'll get it). Looking forward to your next segment Jonathan and Tim! :D
i truly love jonathan team working and I love your exploration and research, your dive. i missed those moments a lots. love you jonathan and your team. love from Nepal.
Horseshoe crabs are so awesome, and if you think about it, they are the closes thing we have to trilobites, at least I think, they are also so cute! I named one Derek! Great work blue world TV!
We were finding them all over at Sanibel Island in Florida last summer doing the same things. I figure it's a good sign. Jonathan, if you ever get the chance to check out St. Joseph's Bay in Florida near Apalachicola, it's an awesome place. Quite the nursery for little critters from horseshoe crabs, baby sting rays and baby sharks, to all kinds of conch and other shelled critters. The southern most part of the bay near all the sand bars is the place to go. Clear warm water about 3 to 5 feet deep.
My marine invertebrate biology class is learning about arthropods now, so it's cool to observe the behavior of horseshoe crabs in your video. Thanks for your video!
Hi Jonathan and Blue World Crew! Always a fan of all your videos, and here's hoping you swing by Puerto Rico when you get the chance! We have cool airplane wrecks in Aguadilla out in the West and many things to see in Mayaguez and Ponce. We also have two Bioluminescent bays, one in Lajas and one in Vieques (a small island off to our east side). Maybe you can do a video on Dinoflagellates and how they work to create these bays! Thanks for another awesome video!
Hey Jonathan, boy do I have a story for you! It was the year, 2014. I was 11 years old. I was blue crab fishing off a bridge in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with my boy scout troop as the sun set. It was a beautiful evening. About 45 minutes into it, I spotted a huge snapping turtle swim through the reeds and go under the bridge. I dropped my net and went down to go after it. Once under the bridge, I realized that it wasn't a snapping turtle, but a giant horseshoe crab! To say that this thing was massive, is a bit of an understatement. It was humongous! According to Google, female horseshoe crabs grow up to 18 to 19 inches from head tail while males grow up to 14 to 15 inches. This thing was at least a whopping two feet (24 inches) long! Must have been a female! But man, what a Whopper! I dove into the shallow water after the giant and grabbed it by the back of it's shell! It was flipping its long spiky tail everywhere to try and dislodge itself from the grasp of my hands but it was no match! I was dedicated to landing this giant! It took every ounce of strength in me to haul it up while it was rapidly jabbing its giant Spike at my face. I carried it up, back to the bridge where every scout was in awe! Some of them were confused at the mythical creature because they had no idea what a horseshoe crab even was! We all got our phones out to take pictures and videos. This thing was massive! I've caught horseshoe crabs before but I've never caught one this big and I'll never forget this incredible catch! I wish I could show you the pictures. Also, beautiful video!
That's right, their blue blood is really important and unique in certain medical treatments and testing. I know there are a couple of videos around showing the harvesting of the blood, the release of the crabs so they can regenerate their full blood supply (just like humans giving blood) and the processing of the blood to be use in medical settings.
Absolutely bizarre seeing these ancient little guys virtually unchanged going about their business today. I had no idea they were still around because they look so much like fossils. Truly a fascinating creature.
Hi I'm new here and subscribed immediately!! Im a huge fan of the ocean and had a dream to scuba dive since I don't know I have a dream to dive with you but I don't know if my parents will let me but keep up the good content!!! :D
Hello! May I *please* use a short clip of the horseshoe crab righting itself for a game show video I am making for teachers to use with kids during distance learning (and beyond)? I will, of course, credit your video and include a link so teachers can find you easily. Great info on your channel! THANK YOU!
There is also an iconic bird species called the red knot that makes incredibly long migration which numbers have fallen dramatically recently due to horseshoe crabs overfishing, while it is closely dependent on them, feeding on their eggs, I wonder also if they are doing better right now.
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND VIDEOS ❤️💪💪👍 Especially the red sea dive becuase i dived there and saw shark and thousands of lionfish and turtles 🐢 and blue spotted stingrays
My dad used to take me real early in the morning to Hampton Beach Jetty and we'd catch them all the time when I was really little so like 1980 ish. Love Horseshoe crabs the creepy little dudes are awesome.
ancestors of the horseshoe crab has outlived the dinosaurs, who lived for 60-230 million years, while the horseshoe crab has lived over 450 million years... BOI!
What is being done to repopulate, protect, and ensure they get off the endangered list? Is there anyone I could contact about the Tri-spined Horseshoe crab / Chinese Horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) or some place I could get more info on what is being done to keep them from going extinct?
Horseshoe crabs are so fascinating! When I was a kid growing up in Malaysia, every time my family went to the sea I would rescue horseshoe crabs from nets on the tidal flats and put them back in the water.
that's very cool, Kat
Yeah, Kat
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@Bobby Jorge Instablaster ;)
So cool I wish I saw horseshoe crabs on Philippine Beaches ;-;@@dangelojustus3337
"males cling onto females and follow them everywhere until they are ready to mate" a time tested strategy
I think the females need to get a restraining order 😅
Then the females wouldn’t exist anymore
can you imagine going to a bar to pick up some hot ladies and a giant picks you up and interrupts? I would be cranky, too.
To clang on*
At least 450 million years.... helmets save lives.
thatisartnotpffft the earth has only been around for about 7000. It’s in he bible
@@stephanievandeusen6301 everything in the Bible is fake
@@stephanievandeusen6301 Horseshoe crabs and their fossils are kind of proof that the world is definitely older than that.
@@susanwatson1384 there’s scientific proof, get a life
@@burningsoul7781 bro he was just kidding, relax lmaoo. Mabey little Bible reading could do you some good :)
Horse shoe crabs are one of my favorites. They are so unintentionally comedic. Like that escape of the flipped one at the beginning. :) 1:43
Crustaceans and spiders scare me deeply, but these guys are cute!
You can’t not love them, lmao. They’re like the armadillos of the ocean!
@@ashnicole9543 I like armadillos as well but they would probably be like some hard covered bug of the ocean
couldnt agree more with you. they are just hoovering the ocean for worms and such, minding their own business while looking like little helmets with eyes
''Welcome to blue world!!!''
hammerhead shark: B O N K
Jonathan: walking helmet
Me: 1st gen Roomba with a tail
Wow the ocean is amazing. Today I completed my first dive over 10 meters since getting certified. Thanks for inspiring me Jonathan 👍
Congrats!
Thomas Degenhardt yes congrats
Congratulations! Remember it's not about the depth, it's about what you see.
Thank you cameraman Tim, good job... Thanks Jonathan, always so enjoyable to watch and learn with you.
I'm always amazed by these Kabuto pokemon crabs
Great to see another video from the Blue World team! Love you guys!
Puppys: we're the most wholesome animal
Horseshoe crabs: hold my salt water
Great, a new episode of my favorite show, Cameraman Tim's Blue World.
Horseshoe crabs are the closest living relatives to the Eurypterids, also known as the sea scorpions. I think they might also be the closest living relatives to Trilobites, but I might be wrong about that.
Great Camera work on those crabs underwater. Nice job all around.
Chris from Missouri
1:51 It's galloping OMG!
exactly what i thought lol
Wanna know how they gallop?
Cus there HORSE-sho crabs
something dat i dont know
2/10
Imagine if Horseshoe crabs were actual Horses hooves, then you'd have double galloping
Heh, Tim's right, it does look like a facehugger.
It looka like a heilmcrab from monster Hunter world
Cameraman tim did a great job !!
Great job Cameraman Tim, looks like they took our advice and gave you your own segment! I totally forgot about the Horseshoe crab so its nice to have a crash course about them. By the way Tim, I know you were thinking that the crabs looked like facehuggers from Alien. I'm a nerd so it was obvious to me, lol. Me personally, I think they look more like Kabuto from Pokémon (look it up, you'll get it). Looking forward to your next segment Jonathan and Tim! :D
i truly love jonathan team working and I love your exploration and research, your dive. i missed those moments a lots.
love you jonathan and your team. love from Nepal.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have thalassophobia but seeing all this video makes me excite and fight my phobia ..💖
Yet another amazing episode! Horseshoe crabs are so cool!
Horseshoe crabs are so awesome, and if you think about it, they are the closes thing we have to trilobites, at least I think, they are also so cute! I named one Derek!
Great work blue world TV!
You continue with impressing me with your videos and you make me want to continue PADI training and go on accomplishing goals
We were finding them all over at Sanibel Island in Florida last summer doing the same things. I figure it's a good sign. Jonathan, if you ever get the chance to check out St. Joseph's Bay in Florida near Apalachicola, it's an awesome place. Quite the nursery for little critters from horseshoe crabs, baby sting rays and baby sharks, to all kinds of conch and other shelled critters. The southern most part of the bay near all the sand bars is the place to go. Clear warm water about 3 to 5 feet deep.
Horseshoe Crabs have been here since the Late Ordivician Period! In other words, 450 million years like Mr. Bird said!
I love the way he use his tail 🤣 it's really cute
My marine invertebrate biology class is learning about arthropods now, so it's cool to observe the behavior of horseshoe crabs in your video. Thanks for your video!
I used to like finding the molted shells that were all over the beach in Falmouth back in the 80s when I was a kid.
Wow. My most favorite video so far!!
It's so cool that horshoecrab camera Tim got is balc never seen that color before !!!
imagine having one as a pet they are creepilly adorable but probably my favorite sea creature
That's amazing. They are amazing. Their way of movement is fantastic to watch, a kind of swim walk motion.
Hey where have you been
My favorite RUclips. Channel blue world
Why the hell don't you have more views and more subscribers?! Your videos are amazing!
Hi Jonathan and Blue World Crew!
Always a fan of all your videos, and here's hoping you swing by Puerto Rico when you get the chance! We have cool airplane wrecks in Aguadilla out in the West and many things to see in Mayaguez and Ponce. We also have two Bioluminescent bays, one in Lajas and one in Vieques (a small island off to our east side). Maybe you can do a video on Dinoflagellates and how they work to create these bays!
Thanks for another awesome video!
Hey Jonathan, boy do I have a story for you! It was the year, 2014. I was 11 years old. I was blue crab fishing off a bridge in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with my boy scout troop as the sun set. It was a beautiful evening. About 45 minutes into it, I spotted a huge snapping turtle swim through the reeds and go under the bridge. I dropped my net and went down to go after it. Once under the bridge, I realized that it wasn't a snapping turtle, but a giant horseshoe crab! To say that this thing was massive, is a bit of an understatement. It was humongous! According to Google, female horseshoe crabs grow up to 18 to 19 inches from head tail while males grow up to 14 to 15 inches. This thing was at least a whopping two feet (24 inches) long! Must have been a female! But man, what a Whopper! I dove into the shallow water after the giant and grabbed it by the back of it's shell! It was flipping its long spiky tail everywhere to try and dislodge itself from the grasp of my hands but it was no match! I was dedicated to landing this giant! It took every ounce of strength in me to haul it up while it was rapidly jabbing its giant Spike at my face. I carried it up, back to the bridge where every scout was in awe! Some of them were confused at the mythical creature because they had no idea what a horseshoe crab even was! We all got our phones out to take pictures and videos. This thing was massive! I've caught horseshoe crabs before but I've never caught one this big and I'll never forget this incredible catch! I wish I could show you the pictures. Also, beautiful video!
I hope you let her go!
I’m really digging cameraman Tim as the correspondent. He’s doing great
I love Jonathan Bird ♥️
Wow one of another awesome creations of God!😘 Thanks Tim for the effort and blue world too😘
Hey hey heyyyy great vid!!
Edit: Camera man Tim did amazing! Great job bro
Such wonderful bizarre sea critters!
Thanks for your upload. Always good to learn more.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video again!
How cool is that !
I’ve got a question for you. Was the sound in the part where the horseshoe crab flips over natural or was that some foley work?
Foley. It's very hard to capture any real sound underwater. All you pick up is scuba bubbles.
Hey thanks for the reply. I was curious you make amazing super well produced videos!
Great job camerman TIM
Wonderful Jonathan
And Cameraman Tim!
theyre so cute!!!
My son (who is 3.5 yrs old and a BIG fan of Jonathan Bird) would like to know if horseshoe crabs have intestines? Thank you!
Not really in the way that we do. Their digestive system is quite a bit simpler. Here is an explanation:
www.horseshoecrab.org/anat/gut.html
i love how they dont even try to pinch people when they get picked up... what a completely harmless creatures
DEDSEC XVII uhmm.. i already know that.. i was pointing out on how harmless they are...
DEDSEC XVII thank you for stating the obvious though...
Its interesting in that despite how harmless they are, they've managed to hang in there almost half a BILLION years.
I guess the shell works!!
My Grandpa’s friend caught a horseshoe crab while he was fishing in Florida! And isn’t their blood used for medical purposes?💉
That's right, their blue blood is really important and unique in certain medical treatments and testing. I know there are a couple of videos around showing the harvesting of the blood, the release of the crabs so they can regenerate their full blood supply (just like humans giving blood) and the processing of the blood to be use in medical settings.
MsCherade9 Oh ok.
@@MsCherade9 very interesting
Yeah, we decided not to feature that in the segment because it's gross!
BlueWorldTV 😂
this is very wholesome
Nice! Was waiting for another one !!
Yay! Learned something new today😉 Thanks for this new video😊❤
horseshoe crabs are so cool
Wow an ALBINO HORSE SHOE CRAB 2:10 never seen that color horse shoe crab before :D
been awhile since I watched this channel, but good to be watching this again. :D
Welcome back!
Absolutely bizarre seeing these ancient little guys virtually unchanged going about their business today. I had no idea they were still around because they look so much like fossils. Truly a fascinating creature.
First time visited...loved it🤩❤️🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for coming!
Hi I'm new here and subscribed immediately!! Im a huge fan of the ocean and had a dream to scuba dive since I don't know I have a dream to dive with you but I don't know if my parents will let me but keep up the good content!!! :D
Welcome aboard!
I'm a grill nice
The first one was so adorable and little . I think I love them now . ❤️😅
Hello! May I *please* use a short clip of the horseshoe crab righting itself for a game show video I am making for teachers to use with kids during distance learning (and beyond)? I will, of course, credit your video and include a link so teachers can find you easily. Great info on your channel! THANK YOU!
Wow your videos are awesome! My zoology teacher sometimes uses them to show what he’s explaining!
That is one cool teacher!
Who's that Pokemon???
Tim: it's a face hugger
Me: It's Kabuto!
Continue the great work. Love the Chanel
Greetings from the PH! I love your videos! 😊❤
It is mainly found on the beaches of which country? Can it be cultivated commercially in Bangladesh?
There is also an iconic bird species called the red knot that makes incredibly long migration which numbers have fallen dramatically recently due to horseshoe crabs overfishing, while it is closely dependent on them, feeding on their eggs, I wonder also if they are doing better right now.
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND VIDEOS ❤️💪💪👍 Especially the red sea dive becuase i dived there and saw shark and thousands of lionfish and turtles 🐢 and blue spotted stingrays
Ocean roombas! 🥰🥰🥰
Nice episode, BW, and thank you for the interesting information.
3:44 Alien Facehugger reference? 😂
Sa pilipinas ba Ito?
What a wholesome creature
💙🙏🏿 your the best Jonothan!
Thanks 💐💐💐
it was very interesting to watch!
way to go tim, i got the avp reference right away lol
That spider or crab is pretty hard
Edit:or tough
Love your videos so much
How long is there life cycle?
Cute!!!!
Tachypleus tridentatus are cute so!
The camerawork is nice
The horseshoe crap design reminds me of a sci Fi alien ship
They sure do use their tail very well. I initially thought it was a stinger or some kind of hunting device, but no!
I just got a horseshoe crab. I put it in my 30 gallon aquarium. What do I feed it ?
Not sure what you can feed them in captivity.
its so funny watching them wiggle angrily when they're picked up
They're like ladybugs. The top is cute but the underside is scary...
My dad used to take me real early in the morning to Hampton Beach Jetty and we'd catch them all the time when I was really little so like 1980 ish. Love Horseshoe crabs the creepy little dudes are awesome.
horseshoe crab
my beloved
ancestors of the horseshoe crab has outlived the dinosaurs, who lived for 60-230 million years, while the horseshoe crab has lived over 450 million years... BOI!
What is being done to repopulate, protect, and ensure they get off the endangered list? Is there anyone I could contact about the Tri-spined Horseshoe crab / Chinese Horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus) or some place I could get more info on what is being done to keep them from going extinct?
This makes me happy
Enjoyed and gave a Thumbs Up also
"The horseshoe crab live in quite life"
Boi, I'm sure he is serial killer in his town
It looks like an isopod to me
I really like this channel. Very Professional.
Glad you enjoy it!
@@BlueWorldTV my father is terrified of these. He found one as a kid and thought it was an alien! He's still afraid of them. I think they're cute.