2006-06-17 11:16:36 · 3 answers · asked by dextergreen12 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Any animal is edible; it all depends on whether you want to eat it or not. People eat slugs, snails, insects, and a whole lot of stuff that seems exotic to eat. The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a chelicerate arthropod, and therefore it is more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crabs. I'm sure all you have to do is remove its shell and eat the flesh, but looking at horseshoe crab images makes me squeamish. I don't think they serve them at restaurants.
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab
2006-06-17 11:25:58 · answer #1 · answered by King Yellow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so; 'crab' is just a name, they aren't really related to crustaceans. Search on both and compare the species names.
2006-06-17 11:20:35 · answer #2 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can chew it and like it why not?
2006-06-17 11:21:58 · answer #3 · answered by AL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋