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<p>Horseshoe crabs aren’t crabs, they bleed blue, and they’ve outlasted the dinosaurs by bringing their own lever. Meet the ocean’s oldest beachgoers in this Mermaid Minute.</p>
<p data-start="289" data-end="353" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">#MermaidMinute #monologues #horseshoecrabs #OceanLife #KeepSwimmingAndResist</p>
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<h3 data-start="289" data-end="353">Excerpt:</h3>
<p>Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.”</p>
<p>The horseshoe crab said, “I brought my own lever, thanks.”</p>
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Archimedes said, “Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth.”
The horseshoe crab said, “I brought my own lever, thanks.”


2610.23 – Mermaid Minute – Throwing Horseshoes

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