Surprising New York, Horseshoe Crab Watching

Click on the image of breeding Atlantic Horsehoe Crabs to view the short video and read my article about viewing this annual wildlife spectacle that’s been ongoing for about 400 million years!

Horseshoe Crabs in New York? Yes, indeed, this article and video take a brief look at some rather wonderful sea creatures— living fossils closely related to the ancient Eurypterid Sea scorpions. These are Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus and they have love on their minds!

 

Limulus polyphemus males encircling an egg-laying female at New York’s Sunset Cove in Jamaica Bay area. C. Paxton image and copyright.

 

 

Sit back, relax and join me on a trip to roughly 450 million years ago. Not a dinosaur in sight! It will take another 200 million years before they get going. Crawling up a beach is a helmet shaped creature with a long spiky tail, ten eyes and it has arrived with love in mind. Yes, this is in New York!

 

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Jimmy & The Djinn Gets Nice Review!

Jimmy & The Djinn cover illustration by Suzi Seha

“5.0 out of 5 stars Pure entertainment

April 14, 2013

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

I loved Hugh Paxton’s first novel Homunculus, so I was looking forward to reading Jimmy and the Djinn. This is a very different book to Homunculus, but it has the same type of brilliant imagery, humor, and lively action that I’ve come to expect from this author.

I also appreciate the research that went into this book. It was refreshing to read a book about medieval knights that depicts them the way they really were, instead of romanticizing them. Even the food is a good representation of medieval food, and it was little touches like this that really set the scene for me and helped show the difference between Monkshall and the outside world. The effect is gratifyingly spooky.

If you’re looking for entertaining fantasy and you want something a bit different, Jimmy and the Djinn is an excellent choice.”

Author’s note: My teen fantasy novel Jimmy & The Djinn is great if you like DjinniCrusader stories