horseshoe crabs

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The horseshoe crab has endured for over 450 million years. It has survived several mass extinctions including the one that killed off the dinosaurs. One reason for their incredible resiliency is their ability to fend off bacterial infection. Their blood contains cells that clot around invading bacteria, thereby protecting them from the attacking toxins.

In this episode we talk with three experts about how this animal’s unique blue blood has become essential to modern medicine. We also talk about why horseshoe crab populations are dwindling, and what biotech is doing to address the shortfall.

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The horseshoe crab has endured for over 450 million years. It has survived several mass extinctions including the one that killed off the dinosaurs. One reason for their incredible resiliency is their ability to fend off bacterial infection. Their blood contains cells that clot around invading bacteria, thereby protecting them from the attacking toxins.

In this episode we talk with three experts about how this animal’s unique blue blood has become essential to modern medicine. We also talk about why horseshoe crab populations are dwindling, and what biotech is doing to address the shortfall.

The Horseshoe Crab is a living fossil, so ancient, mysterious, and important to the ecosystem. The biomedical industry also agrees that the species is essential because they drain them of their blue blood. For this episode, I'll discuss how activists and conservationists helped stop the harvesting of Horseshoe crabs at a refuge in South Carolina and how the species is crucial to our ecological communities. 

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This week’s animal has been around for an inconceivably long time. They look like something from another world, with a variety of amazing adaptations that help them survive in their environment. Although they’ve been thriving for so many years, they are now in need of our help because humans are causing their decline. So join Alex as we dive into the ocean to talk about horseshoe crabs.

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The future of our pharmaceuticals are from down under.... the surface of course!

Coral reefs are the new tropical rainforests when it comes to drug research. When you think about it, how else do you protect yourself when you are a sea sponge, you can't move, don't have any spines or spikes and are free game for any of the thousands of species living nearby? Well chemistry of course! Turns out some of this chemistry may help with the future of our pharmaceuticals!

And then to our crabbiest ally that you never knew about! The fact that we rely on Horseshoe crab blood to test all of our internal medical devices and vaccines is stunning! And the fact that we are affecting the environment in such a drastic fashion yet have a synthetic alternative that we can turn to is wild. Yet we still remain crab vampires in the name of healthcare!

For more information on the future of drugs from the sea and Dr. Marc Slattery's research click here. To watch his Ted talk "Drugs from the Sea: What do we lose when Coral reefs die?" click here.

For more information about the Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition Click here. Check out  Dr. Larry Niles blog about his work right here.

Lindsay Dubin is a Staff Attorney at Defenders of Wildlife in Washington, D.C. Prior to her job in D.C., she worked at the Environmental Law & Policy Center in Chicago, IL. She is a 2007 graduate of Cornell University and a 2014 graduate of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. 

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Morgan Island, a remote spot out in South Carolina's ACE Basin, has some unusual inhabitants: 3,500 rhesus monkeys. 

That's where one of the latest installments of The Post and Courier's Uncovered series about corruption and questionable conduct begins. Reporters Tony Bartelme and Shamira McCray explain how the South Carolina Department of Resources came to rely on millions of dollars in rent from a private company it regulates.

It's a story about monkeys, blood and money. 

Read the investigation: SC agency rakes in millions from pharma company it regulates

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This episode was hosted and edited by Emily Williams and features Post and Courier reporters Shamira McCray and Tony Bartelme. 

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This week's episode begins with threats to Florida's most famous and mysterious flower, the ghost orchid. 

Our guest is Berlynna Heres, statewide coordinator for the Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch. We learn all about this prehistoric creature and its essential role to human health during this conversation. If you'd like to volunteer with the Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch, click here.

"Welcome to Florida" is presented by Visit Sarasota and on this episode we discuss just a couple of the more popular beaches you can visit throughout Sarasota County. Check them out online and start making plans to visit at VisitSarasota.com. 

Melissa dives deep on how horseshoe  crabs are saving us from COVID19 (this was recorded before the vaccines started rolling out),  platypuses are WAY weirder than imagined, and a case of armadillo justice! 

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I got today's information from:

 https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/baby-blue-blood-drive 

https://curiokids.net/better-than-the-blood-of-a-unicorn-the-blue-blood-of-horseshoe-crab-that-saves-thousands-of-lives/?lang=en

Sawbones https://maximumfun.org/episodes/sawbones/how-horseshoe-crabs-probably-saved-your-life/ 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/forget-dinosaurs-horseshoe-crabs-are-weirder-more-ancient-180963952/

https://blog.therainforestsite.greatergood.com/horseshoe-crab-blood/#:~:text=Horseshoe%20Crabs%20Survived%20The%20Dinosaurs%20And%20May%20Have%20Saved%20Your%20Life,-For%20an%20animal&text=These%20little%20critters%20have%20been,our%20opinion%2C%20is%20pretty%20cool! 

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