[SEMCO] Horseshoe Crabs of Cape Cod with Brenda Boleyn

[Teresa Izzo]

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May 20, 2022        Teresa Izzo

  508-896-3867 ext. 137

tizzo at ccmnh.or

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

Presents

Superheroes!

Horseshoe Crabs of Cape Cod

with

Brenda Boleyn


 BREWSTER, MA — The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster presents Superheroes! Horseshoe Crabs of Cape Cod with marine biologist Brenda Boleyn Monday, June 20, 2022 at 1pm.



International Horseshoe Crab Day, a day to recognize and pay tribute to an extraordinary animal, is celebrated on June 20.  Horseshoe Crabs of Cape Cod is an illustrated introduction to this remarkable animal whose time on our planet precedes that of the dinosaur by more than 200 million years.  The talk will highlight some of the unusual features of this animal, including its amazing vision and the factor in the blood that has become so valuable to our world of human medicine.  It will close with commentary regarding the need for conservation measures; the horseshoe crab now needs our stewardship.  Only we can make it possible for this ancient animal to keep going.



Brenda Boleyn met her first horseshoe crabs as a youngster on the sandbars of the Pamet River in Truro.  Then at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole during student days, and later the bars of Monomoy and in Pleasant Bay.  After receiving her master's degree in marine biology from the University of Rhode Island, Brenda joined the faculty of the Science Department at Cape Cod Community College, such a good fit that she stayed for 25 years.  During that time, she served on many boards and committees, including the Board of Trustees, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.  After retirement, she co-founded the Barnstable County Lyme Disease Task Force, also the Horseshoe Crab Conservation Association in which she remains active.



Free with Museum Admission

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Teresa Izzo

Program Coordinator/Publicist

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

869 Main St. / Rte. 6A

Brewster, MA 02631

508-896-3867, ext. 137

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