Animal Die-off -- Japan
Hundreds of horseshoe crabs - known as " living fossils" because they are among the Earth" s oldest creatures - have been found dead in southern Japan, confounding experts who study the alien-like side walkers.
Horseshoe crabs, known for their blue blood, are a regular summer visitor to tidal flats in southern and western Japan, including one near Kitakyushu city where they lay their eggs. Some invariably die in the process, but this year [2016] a local conservation group noticed that the
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