Hi everyone,



Just wanted to let you know that tonight, at 8, on KCTS, PBS's Nature will
be about the relationship between the horseshoe crab and the Red Knot:

"This is a story of the interconnection of life, how every species is
important, no matter how big or small. At the center is the humble horseshoe
crab, a creature that has remained virtually unchanged for 300 million
years. Its annual spring spawning produces millions of eggs 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. Scientific and medical communities
have discovered that the crab also provides an indispensable testing agent
for drugs and vaccines, as well as resources for human optics and burn
treatment. But horseshoe crab numbers are plummeting from their new use as
bait for the fishing industry, dropping by two-thirds since 1990. The
precious pyramid depending on this age-old creature is about to come
crashing down."



http://www.kcts.org/tvschedule/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/



Megan Lyden

Bellevue, Washington