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Horse Shoe Crabs, Gowanus Canal...

1,506 views·4 replies·by CELLFISH

CELLFISHFREE2021#1

Him & Her Horse Shoe Crabs looking for a sandy beach in Gowanus Canal to lay their eggs... sadly not a lot of beach north of the V.Z. bridge... cellie...

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CommodoreOriginal Crew18,289 postsSince 2019

BennyVFREE2021#2

Caught 2 doing the buck nasty last weekend. Guy thought he had the fluke of a lifetime. ???

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CommodoreOriginal Crew5,665 postsSince 2018

Roccus7MOD2021#3

Just goes to show that 100 of millions of year old species can survive ANYWHERE!! If those eggs hatch in the Gowanus, we're talking Horseshoe Crabzilla!!!

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AdmiralOriginal Crew21,694 postsSince 2018

BennyVFREE2021#4

Just goes to show that 100 of millions of year old species can survive ANYWHERE!! If those eggs hatch in the Gowanus, we're talking Horseshoe Crabzilla!!!

Yeah just ask MTB he’s half horseshoe crab.

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CommodoreOriginal Crew5,665 postsSince 2018

CELLFISHFREE2021#5

Gowanus Canal was man made to move freight years ago, perhaps used as a toilet too... interesting reads here...

interesting microbe surviving that muck... “EXTREMOPHILE”...

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Long-Overdue Dredging Of Gowanus Canal Turns Up 'Black Mayonnaise,' Sunken Cars, Evil Stench

After more than a century of toxic pollution, Brooklyn’s infamous Gowanus Canal is finally being cleaned up.

gothamist.com

Extremophile - Wikipedia

Gowanus Canal - Wikipedia.

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CommodoreOriginal Crew18,289 postsSince 2019