# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C14wVdftvpy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10608080-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/43f38497869e998f34b2d02c5c4b45fb5224ca4937b239c017ef286ca78848bd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-01-09T16:49:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

Did you know? Horseshoe crabs are among the Earth's most ancient animals, dating back to even before the dinosaurs. 

Yet tragically, each year the biomedical industry “harvests” nearly a million horseshoe crabs to drain their blood. That blood is used in pharmaceuticals that save human lives — but at a terrible cost to the crabs and the species that depend on them.

With their populations at historically low levels, these critters need relief fast. Luckily a synthetic alternative to horseshoe crab blood already exists that has been found to be safer, just as effective, more widely available and even more cost-effective. 

Join us in telling the U.S. Pharmacopeia that you support the safer and more sustainable synthetic alternative to meds from #horseshoecrab blood. Visit the link in our bio to sign the petition.

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