Helpless against all these people that surround it, when someone picks up the horseshoe crab, in a futile attempt to protect itself, the crab curls its tail upward against its middle. In the ocean, the crab has a shell to shield and protect it. But held upside-down, its whole body that is normally so protected is exposed to the elements and the vying eyes of human onlookers.I feel bad for it. Its little claws move slowly in the air, in unfamiliar territory away from the water and exposed to the sun. After observing the crab for a period of time, we walk it away from where the swimmers are to where it can return to its aquatic home in peace. Little boys that we showed the crab to earlier enter the water and try to play with it, but we warn them to let it be.
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