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The Love Life of the Horseshoe Crab | A mating ritual 450 million years old || Wild Lives ep. 3

A MATING RITUAL 450 MILLION YEARS OLD. When you first see a horseshoe crab, it’s impossible to tell if it’s even alive. But as the tide eats away at the coastline along the eastern seaboard each spring, and the sun sets over the horizon, these seemingly-dead creatures come to life with one singular purpose: to…

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Horrific creature? Maybe—but only if you look at its underbelly. From above, it’s really just a bicycle helmet looking for love. Learn all about the wild mating rituals and weird reproductive cycle of the horseshoe crab.

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In their own words. Well, approximately their own words—they are wild animals after all.

CREDITS
Video by: Tom McNamara & Eleanor Cummins
Animation: Beth Wexler
Narrator: Elizabeth Ollier
Executive Producer: Amy Schellenbaum
Editor-in-Chief: Corinne Iozzio

Media
“A Trip to the Moon” (1902, Georges Méliès), Pond5, “The Astronomer’s Dream” (1898, Georges Méliès), The Birth of Venus (1485-1486, Sandro Botticelli)

Music
APM Music

Thank You
Helen Cheng, Chester Zarnoch, Erin Chapman, Keiko McNamara (APM Music)

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14 Comments

Sarah Barker

May 26, 2022 at 9:39 pm

“A bicycle helmet looking for love” is a sentence I didn’t think I’d hear today.

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@srbarkerchan

May 26, 2022 at 5:39 pm

“A bicycle helmet looking for love” is a sentence I didn’t think I’d hear today.

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Jaak Dol

May 26, 2022 at 9:54 pm

Felicidades, es un buen ejemplo. 4 sentadillas son unos SEXopornoo.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Se deja ver que hay muy buenos resultados 😍👍 Saludos desde la Cd.. de world 🌹😉💖 los mortalesy abian apreciado tan hermosa mujer.k

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Иван Сочников

May 26, 2022 at 9:57 pm

La légende de QUINZAA.Monster snowquen’s est mon idole. C’est la personne que j’aspire à êtreh, c’est ma lumière du jour

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Alonzo Marsh

June 14, 2022 at 5:11 am

𝓟Ř𝔬𝓂𝔬𝐒ϻ

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Saffron4546

August 18, 2022 at 8:13 am

I’m here because on a whim I looked up a random Youtube video and found this. Suffice to say, I clicked on it immediately.

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@Saffron-mb8mp

August 18, 2022 at 4:13 am

I’m here because on a whim I looked up a random Youtube video and found this. Suffice to say, I clicked on it immediately.

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Thay The Ong Can

September 27, 2022 at 12:24 pm

good video

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Jeremy Best

August 11, 2023 at 7:27 pm

the way my shit throbbed

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@jeremybest708

August 11, 2023 at 7:27 pm

the way my shit throbbed

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Aiden Har

August 11, 2023 at 7:28 pm

The way I busted immediately

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@aidenhar3270

August 11, 2023 at 7:28 pm

The way I busted immediately

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@vaszgul736

April 6, 2024 at 12:49 pm

This is a wonderful video with amazing footage and delivery but I have to say the faked voice is a bit distracting.

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@brookswift

April 13, 2024 at 9:30 pm

how can you leave out the blood harvest? the entire medical industry runs on the blood of these crabs

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