....HAHAHAHA....it's a horseshoe crab.

They are completely harmless (unless of course you step on it's tail which is sharp at the end but like it's body armor only used in defense....and the tail would have to stand straight up, which it does when threatened).

They look menacing don't they......like some science fiction beast or that thing that attatched on to John Hurt's face in the movie Alien.


They usually stay in shallow waters in the ocean....sandbars and what not....pretty cool too the little ones are neat to pick up.....the big ones freak me out too much to pick up though