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Scientists raise alarm over Horseshoe crabs leaving the breeding ground along Odisha coast

17/03/2023 02:41 PM | Click to read full article

Horseshoe crabs, medicinally priceless and one of oldest living creatures on the earth, appear to be disappearing from their familiar spawning grounds along Chandipur and Balaramgadi coast in Odisha’s Balasore district. Dr. Chatterjee, who had first discovered Horseshoe crabs along Balasore coast and brought the species to State government’s notice in 1987, said India has two species of Horseshoe crabs and major concentration of the animal is found in Odisha.

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