The internet is full of heartwarming animal videos. Whether it’s a human helping an animal or an animal helping another animal, clips like this usually stun social media users. Now is such a video in which horseshoe crabs help each other win hearts online.
Shared on Reddit, the short clip showed a horseshoe crab exhibiting social behavior by trying to get another inverted horseshoe crab back up all the way. “Horseshoe crab flips over another horseshoe crab,” read the caption of the post, which garnered nearly 40,000 votes and more than 1,000 comments.
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The undated video made the internet go “aww”. In the comment section, while one user said “Teamwork at its best”, another simply wrote “Helper friends”.
“Everyone and everything is capable of kindness,” said the third. “What an incredible creature,” added the fourth.
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Horseshoes are technically not crabs. They are much more closely related to arachnids such as spiders and ticks than true crabs. They are part of the Chelicerata subphylum and are further classified into class Merostomata, which includes horseshoe crabs, as well as eurypterids (sea scorpions).
The marine arthropods got their name from their horseshoe-shaped exoskeleton, called a shield. They also have a tail called a telson which is not venomous or venomous and is mainly used to steer and turn around in case they get caught on their backs.
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Meanwhile, speaking of crabs, earlier this year scientists discovered an eerie new type of crab disguised by hair scraped from other sea creatures. The crab uses the hair to protect itself from other predators, the experts said. They create a coat by trimming the live sponges with their claws.
The crab type is named Lamarckdromia beagle, after Charles Darwin’s ship. It belongs to the Dromiidae family, commonly known as sponge crabs.
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