Crash: A Tale of Two Species (1982)

Crash: A Tale of Two Species « Movie from 1982

Movie from 1982

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Genres: Documentary, Special Interest

The horseshoe crab produces millions of eggs every spring that are the lifeline for a tiny bird called a red knot, which migrates 10,000 miles from South America to the Arctic each year.

But horseshoe crab numbers are crashing from their uses as a testing agent for drugs and vaccines and bait for the fishing industry. Their untold story is a living example of how every species is interconnected.

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