Hundreds of horseshoe crab shells are washing up on Mass. beaches. Officials say it’s normal.

Concerned residents in Falmouth, Weymouth, and Nahant reported an unusual number of what appeared to be dead horseshoe crabs on local beaches.

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What might look like a massacre of horseshoe crabs lining Massachusetts beaches recently isn’t as gruesome as it seems, state officials say.

After concerned residents in Falmouth, Weymouth, and Nahant reported an unusual number of dead horseshoe crabs on local beaches, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries confirmed the crabs weren’t dead…

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