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Animals whose blood isn't red (2021)

67 pointsby warrenmover 1 year ago

12 comments

jihadjihadover 1 year ago
Surprised there is no mention of lobsters, who, like crocodile icefish have colorless blood. For lobsters it appears blue once it comes in contact with oxygen [0].<p>0: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fisheries.noaa.gov&#x2F;national&#x2F;outreach-and-education&#x2F;fun-facts-about-luscious-lobsters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fisheries.noaa.gov&#x2F;national&#x2F;outreach-and-educati...</a>
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eh_why_notover 1 year ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blood#Color" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Blood#Color</a>, straightforward and useful.
ortusduxover 1 year ago
There is a condition called Sulfhemoglobinemia wherein you blood takes up sulfur instead of iron and your blood turns green.
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kulahanover 1 year ago
Along a similar line, look into animals that don&#x27;t sweat clear! Hippos sweat red, so they look like they&#x27;re just covered in blood sometimes. Horses sweat white, so they look like they&#x27;re just... well, you can go see for yourself.
_a_a_a_over 1 year ago
I&#x27;m surprised hemocyanin isn&#x27;t poisonous to us, or at least bad. Ingesting copper just doesn&#x27;t sound healthy. AFAIC it isn&#x27;t something we usually do either, so no pressure to evolve a way to metabolise it either.
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james_pmover 1 year ago
Is this why blood has a metallic taste? It&#x27;s literally metallic?
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Tommsteinover 1 year ago
This website manages to both hijack the back button and not show a single picture of any of the blood that the entire article is about. Fuck this website.
iancmceachernover 1 year ago
The horseshoe crab blood thing is always so interesting to me every time it comes up. Our society really has some very weak points.
whearyouover 1 year ago
How could they leave off Vulcans? Gross oversight
bloomingeekover 1 year ago
The next time someone insults me, I gonna respond: &quot;Listen here, you green-blooded Skink!&quot;
markx2over 1 year ago
Minor yet important typo.<p>&quot;Crocodile icefish frequent brutally cold portions of the sea where the water temperature can plummet all the way down to 28.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.9 degrees Celsius). That&#x27;s below the point at which fresh water freezes.&quot;<p>28.5F is minus -1.94C
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crazygringoover 1 year ago
...and yet not a single picture of the blood of <i>any</i> of them.
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