Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Points Out Interesting Detail About Horseshoe Crab Plaque in Museum

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons brings players to their own island with a rotating roster of anthropomorphic animal villagers. Despite the fictional universe, players can catch numerous types of real-life insects and fish as they make their way through a playthrough. This balance of reality mixed in with fiction was recently shown off in an Animal Crossing: New Horizons player’s post detailing an interesting fact about Horseshoe Crabs.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released in March 2020 and is the fifth major installment in the Animal Crossing series. One of the ways in which players can earn money is through capturing the variety of bugs and fish that show up on the island. On top of their sale, unique creatures can be turned into the museum curator in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Blathers and displayed in an exhibit.

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This post comes from u/tunneloflover, and it shows a small sign within the museum on their island. Players of Animal Crossing: New Horizons will know that this can be found in the fish section in the right wing of the building. Pictured by the river fish section is a small signpost that shows a Horseshoe Crab alongside some writing and symbols. U/tunneloflover points out here in their post that there is an actual deeper meaning in this cosmetic item. On the left side of the sign there is a syringe filled with some form of blue liquid. This is a reference to the actual animal’s interesting blue blood. On top of this odd coloration, Horseshoe Crab blood has a protein that is used by pharmaceutical manufacturers to test their products. This sign must therefore be a reference to this piece of Horseshoe Crab trivia.

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