'Living fossil' crabs mysteriously dying in Japan

Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 03:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Hundreds of horseshoe crabs—known as "living fossils" as they are among the earth's oldest creatures—have washed ashore dead in southern Japan, confounding experts who study the alien-like sidewalkers.

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