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- 1Baby horseshoe crabs filmed piling up in chaotic piggyback trains●"Like bulldozers in a demolition derby.” These chaotic baby horseshoe crabs giving each other piggybacks are too cute for words
Footage of baby horseshoe crabs clambering over one another, described as 'like bulldozers in a demolition derby', has been shared by BBC Wildlife Magazine. The tiny creatures pile onto each other's backs in slow, clumsy heaps, a behaviour readers are finding endearing. Horseshoe crabs are ancient animals, and images of their early life stages tend to draw wide attention online.