August 14, 2011 Milking Horse Shoe Crabs

[CaliforniaMama]

Originally Posted by Wombat

erm, 15% of them die.

To rephrase: . . . in a way that does not wipe out the horse shoe crab population.

Unlike the practice of harvesting shark fins where the fins are cut off and the shark thrown back into the water to die. 85% of the horse shoe crabs get returned to the ocean to live another day.

Plus, I think it is great that they are using crabs from the ocean and not creating an industry of raising them in captivity.