Nature · SEASON 26
Crash: a Tale of Two Species
Episode 7 · 2008-02-10
- Documentary
- Family
Episode overview
The link between the horseshoe crab, which has remained the same for some 350 million years, and the red-knot shorebird, is explored. The horseshoe crab's spawning grounds, the Delaware Bay, are an important feeding ground for the red knots on their way from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic. Included: how biologists connected a drop in the red-knot population to a similar decrease in the crabs. Also: how horseshoe-crab blood is used to test human medicines.
53 minutes
Season 26 episodes
1. Silence of the Bees2007-10-28
2. In the Valley of the Wolves2007-11-04
3. The Cheetah Orphans2007-11-11
4. The Beauty of Ugly2007-11-18
5. The Desert Lions2008-01-06
6. Parrots in the Land of Oz2008-01-27
7. Crash: a Tale of Two Species2008-02-10
8. Arctic Bears2008-02-17
9. What Females Want and Males Will Do (1)2008-04-06
10. What Females Want and Males Will Do (2)2008-04-13
11. The Gorilla King2008-04-20
12. Superfish2008-05-04
13. Prince of the Alps2008-05-11
