horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crab: The granddaddy of sea creatures needs help
The horseshoe crab, found in waters off Odisha and West Bengal, is one of the oldest living animals on the planet. It is disappearing now and we are responsible for it.
Horseshoe crab – the living fossil on brink of extinction
It has been living for 450 million years and has survived five mass extinctions, but the horseshoe crab is now in danger because of overexploitation of marine resources by humans.