A photo of golden horseshoe crab –one of the world's most ancient animals – earned a marine photographer the grand title in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.
A photo of a golden horseshoe crab —one of the world's most ancient and highly endangered animals— earned a marine photographer the grand title in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. The Natural History Museum in London, which runs the competition, made the announcement Tuesday.The picture, taken by Laurent Ballesta, shows a tri-spine horseshoe crab on a seabed near Pangatalan Island in the Philippines, as it is followed by three golden trevallies.
Horseshoe crabs are typically found in waters off southeast Asia and despite their name, they're more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crabs. According to the Natural History Museum, the horseshoe crab has survived relatively unchanged for around 100 million years —meaning they were around when dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex were roaming the planet. However, their existence is under threat.
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