Horseshoe crabs are not crusteceans, they are early chelicerates.
They have an open circulatory system, where the blood (heamolymph) freely spills out of the arteries into surrounding tissues, so a small clot probably wouldn’t cause issues. Think of it like a cyst, sometimes if an infection can’t be removed by the immune system, your body will just enclose it in a capsule, so it can’t spread.
Yeah, I may be a bit combative in my comments, but in general I dont want to contribute to toxicity, so when I’m wrong I’ll fess up and apologize for it
I feel you and I don’t know your age but me personally I found that with age, I was more forthcoming with saying i was wrong and just trying to be nice to folk.
Age might play a part in it, I do think I’ve been more willing to fess up to wrongdoing than average throughout my life as well though as I function best in honest environments. You have a great day as well!
Woah. Are horseshoe crabs like other crustaceans in that they eat pretty much anything including/mostly detritus?
If thats the case, than how would it be beneficial to have blood that coagulates so easily?
Wouldn’t every meal lead to a crab version of a stroke?
Horseshoe crabs are not crusteceans, they are early chelicerates.
They have an open circulatory system, where the blood (heamolymph) freely spills out of the arteries into surrounding tissues, so a small clot probably wouldn’t cause issues. Think of it like a cyst, sometimes if an infection can’t be removed by the immune system, your body will just enclose it in a capsule, so it can’t spread.
Ahhh that makes sense. That’s a pretty cool defense system
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Not a relevant time to be pedantic
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Aww fuck you’re right. I’m the one in the wrong here. I apologize, it wasnt a relevant time for me to be an ass
It’s great that you owned up. Many wouldn’t.
Yeah, I may be a bit combative in my comments, but in general I dont want to contribute to toxicity, so when I’m wrong I’ll fess up and apologize for it
I feel you and I don’t know your age but me personally I found that with age, I was more forthcoming with saying i was wrong and just trying to be nice to folk.
Have a great day dude!
Age might play a part in it, I do think I’ve been more willing to fess up to wrongdoing than average throughout my life as well though as I function best in honest environments. You have a great day as well!
Probably so it can detect it as quickly as possible for elimination.