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NATURE | Crash: A Tale of Two Species | Blue Blood | PBS

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February 04, 2008
Horseshoe crabs' blue blood, which contains copper, not iron, is prized by the biomedical community for its ability to detect bacteria in human medicines. It's just one of the amazing qualities of...  
 
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thuzhar (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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i like to have a black blood
MrTrojis (1 month ago) Show Hide
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what the hell 15000$ ??!?
i have to go kill me some horseshoe crabs ...
BrokenObjective (1 month ago) Show Hide
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its my understanding that iron based blood is better as far as carrying oxygen, most creatures with copper based blood have an inefficient circulatory sytem, in this instance it isnt the blood itself that is important its what the blood contains, your probably better off with your iron based blood buddy...
stuntkid121 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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id love to have blue blood because it would make you healthy and i can walk up to one of my friends and say ive got a better blood type.
sidneybarakuta (3 months ago) Show Hide
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oop's spelling mistake to confused to type properly loLz
sidneybarakuta (3 months ago) Show Hide
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WTF. How would you like it if you were taken from your home. Had a needle shoved up you but and have blood drain from you body. WTF.
theZoshi (1 month ago) Show Hide
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I just did that last month. It's called a blood donation. It made me feel pretty good, actually.
barberz06 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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BLUE BLOOD HOW COOL IS THAT! :D
helenHeller01 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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octi have pale blue blood :)
Cutysa (7 months ago) Show Hide
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Cool! This blood is not only amazing or valuble blood also very useful!

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