Crab Wars: A Tale of Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Human Health

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Summary: Should Be Required Reading In Our Schools & Colleges!
Review: The previous reviewer must have a big axe to grind! His ad hominum attack on the author is outrageous, and ridiculous! I have both a medical research background, and lived many years near the Atlantic Ocean. Horseshoe crabs were once so common, you practically tripped over them, now they are virtually nonexistant!

Horseshoe crabs are in such big trouble that the Governors of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have drastically reduced the allowable catch off their shores! The situation has deteriorated to the point that the Audubon Society is concerned about the potential extinction of certain migrating birds, which are dependent on Horseshoe crab eggs! Should we just sit on our hands in order to keep one tiny, and economically insignificant industry - whose sole purpose is to turn these ancient, and medically priceless, creatures into bait - happy? Sorry! No way! These offshore waters belong to all of us! They are not anyone's private domain to destroy at one's leisure for monetary gain!

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Summary: No stars!
Review: This book appears to be largely the product of one man's personal agenda. Readers should use extreme caution in reading and using the "information" in this book. I encourage every reader who is seriously interested in horseshoe crabs to follow up by fact-checking with research scientists, biologists, and local conservation groups-there are many involved with horseshoe crabs. Hence, there is information available on horseshoe crabs from reliable and reputable primary sources. Before spending your money here..do your homework! and before acting on anything in this book, find the truth for yourself from those who do scientific research, who have dedicated their lives to studying these unique animals, and who take a pragmatic and scientific approach to conservation without manipulating the public with overly emotional and inflamatory propaganda. After that, if you are still curious, check it out from the library first...you'll thank me later.