Talk:Horseshoe crab

Contradiction with Red Knot
Someone, please edit both entries: they seem at odds with each other. The entry here contradicts to Wikipedia's entry about Red Knots: "In Delaware, a two-year ban on the harvesting of horseshoe crabs was enacted but struck down by a judge who cited insufficient evidence that the ban would help restore the Red Knot's numbers to justify the potential disruption to the fishing industry." But entry in this article claims that ban still exists. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeterDepeche (talk • contribs) 04:04, 14 March 2011

What do they eat?
There is nothing in the article about what they eat. I think this is quite relevant. Are they omnivores, carnivores or herbivores? I don't know, the article doesn't tell. Codegrinder (talk) 12:41, 6 November 2015 (UTC)


 * bamboo shark 1.46.5.165 (talk) 09:35, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * 1.46.5.165: citation? Peaceray (talk) 18:04, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

And what eats them?
This is an oddly skimpy article for Wikipedia.

Wiki Education assignment: English Composition 1102 085
— Assignment last updated by FrogLover2 (talk) 22:13, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

COVID-19 Poor Attribution
The COVID-19 attribution is a misrepresentation of a marginal source. The source says:

"The debate is particularly critical today; the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a huge surge of research into vaccines and potential COVID-19 treatments which rely on the use of LAL to ensure product safety. As demand for vaccines and other medical products increases, conservationists worry that without a rapid switch to rFC, strain on the American horseshoe crab and the other creatures that rely on them will only get worse."

It is at best a weaselly attempt to link the two in the source as it doesn't attribute the link to a source.

Then the Wikipedia article presents it as sourced fact which is at best a misrepresentation of the word "worry." Furthermore, it is presented as a debate, not as fact. 108.31.182.172 (talk) 02:49, 29 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Either the representation of the source needs to be fixed in the Wikipedia article which, IMO, would be a pretty useless, hand-wavy sentence, or a better source needs to be found. 108.31.182.172 (talk) 02:51, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Also the quote is not representative of the source. The quote is being used out of context. 108.31.182.172 (talk) 02:55, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I believe it would have been better to flag the the statement with something such as failed verification using the  parameter or better source needed using the   parameter than to remove altogether a quote about which there is disagreement.
 * I believe the context of the quote is faithful to "Iovenko 2021". I accept that that the original source did not attribute that statement to a another source. Because of this, I have added the "Pavid 2020" citation to support the Vaccine research and development during the COVID-19 pandemic portion of the statement & "Eisner 2023" to support the has added additional "strain on the American horseshoe crab portion of the statement.
 * I think further discussion & consensus should now take place here before anyone attempts to remove the statement. Peaceray (talk) 18:32, 29 June 2024 (UTC)