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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
An upside down horseshoe crab on the Jersey Shore

Seagulls routinely turn over horseshoe crabs on the beach to feast on them. I was able to capture the image and right the crab so it could lay it’s eggs in the sand and return to the sea.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 5s
Copyright: © Morris Saldov