Dating back in time to the Ordovician age 450 million years ago horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils. These ancient invertebrates’ eyes are a million times more sensitive to light than humans, but they don’t have wear sunglasses while mating in mud or sand of shallow coastal waters. Sadly these extraordinary creatures are threatened by extinction in the Atlantic Ocean due to pollution and over-harvesting to provide bait for eels.
In Asia their eggs are a delicacy for the Thais.
For ages I thought แมงดาจาน or maeng daa sounded the same as แมงดา to the farang ear, but แมงดา means pimp and it’s difficult to tell the phonetic difference between แมงดาจาน and แมงดา when drinking beer at the beach of Ban Amphur.
Few Americans have ever tasted maeng daa roe, but it’s delicious or ความอร่อย anywhere in the world, but nver after they’ve made love.
