Animal That Once Lived With Dinosaurs Helps Keep NASA Kennedy In Balance - NASA

They’re known as “living fossils.” For over 450 million years, horseshoe crabs have been an ecologically vital part of our planet. They’re one of the few surviving species on Earth dating back to t...

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Animal That Once Lived With Dinosaurs Helps Keep NASA Kennedy In Balance - NASA

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They’re known as “living fossils.” For over 450 million years, horseshoe crabs have been an ecologically vital part of our planet. They’re one of the few surviving species on Earth dating back to the dinosaurs. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is one of more than 1,500 types […]