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Amy Bennett Williams Essays

Horseshoe Crabs

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Taking advantage of Southwest Florida’s May weather before the oppressive summer heat and humidity take over, Amy Bennett Williams and her family recently took a trip to Bunche Beach, where among a buttress of mangrove roots, she encountered a staple of Southwest Florida’s marine life. It’s a prehistoric looking creature which, from an evolutionary perspective, has remained relatively unchanged for 300 million years.

Amy Bennett Williams Essays