The horseshoe crabs’ blue blood has been called a “medical miracle,” and the “biomedical equivalent of gold.” One quart of horseshoe crab blood is reportedly worth $15,000.
Category: Nature
Coastal nature, wildlife, & outdoor exploration around the Florida-Georgia border.
FERNANDINA BEACH — Join neighbors and others around the world to help cleanup the coast by volunteering an hour or more on September 20, 2014 (activity runs from 9 am till noon). There are three beach locations on Amelia Island, Florida for volunteers to meet during this worldwide event.
Amelia River Cruises is offering a special Shrimping Eco Tour 3 days a week during summer 2014. With a marine biologist aboard, an otter trawl net is deployed and dragged behind the boat and its catch dumped into tank for close-up look. A great learning experience!
Visitors of the night, sea turtles land on Amelia Island to deposit eggs and venture back to sea. The first two sea turtle nests of the 2014 season were rare leatherbacks, the world’s largest turtle.