Our liberal local transplanted do-gooders decided to study them....They captured them and tagged them with a wire with a number on it...
with in a week the locals noticed all the dead horseshoe crabs when the tide went out....Seems that tag would get hung up on the seaweed and the crab was left to death spiral around the seaweed.....
it was reported to officials and within 2 days the “Official website” and all information on the project disappeared...NOT A WORD WAS EVER RELEASED...
I suspect the Horseshoe crab that had survived for millions of years is now truly endangered.... every single one that was tagged died!
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George E. Smith says:
Well in keeping with Smith’s first Law of survival (out in the ocean); to whit:- “There ain’t no such thing as 75% of Top Speed !”
Guess which Emperor Penguins the Leopard Seals will target, as catchable snacks on the hoof ?
You wanna bet me; that Jane Goodall, and her tribe of students; have NOT impacted the lives and behavior of the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee population. I’m not being critical of her; her “discoveries” have been mind boggling; but are they Chimps in the wild, or wily quick learners.
I can remember when we used to pop the lids off the top of Baja rock oysters, in our snorkel gear, and watch the Sergeant Majors dart in to scarf up the oyster out of its shell. Total training period for a new school of SMs; two oysters max; and then they would be gathered at the next oyster waiting for the magic screwdriver to pop the top.
So Heisenberg was right; in the act of studying our subject, we change its behavior.
This is a wonderful example of do-gooders in action. Thanks for that bit. Is there anything published anywhere? Should be.
Thanks.