Rutgers lab churning out baby horseshoe crabs

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LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Six thousand baby horseshoe crabs are making their way in the waters near Cape May this weekend, thanks to a Rutgers University center that grows and releases them into the wild.

The New Jersey Aquaculture Innovation Center released the hatchlings, each tinier than a child’s fingernail, into the Cape May Canal on Friday.

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