1. elizazile: horseshoe crabs have blue blood because they have hemocyanin rather than hemoglobin in their blood. their blood is harvested to use in medical testing. Fuck. That makes me so sad.

    elizazile:

    horseshoe crabs have blue blood because they have hemocyanin rather than hemoglobin in their blood. their blood is harvested to use in medical testing.

    Fuck. That makes me so sad.

    (Source: lizardfield, via verbivorous)

    2. 1 year ago  Notes (24)
      1. heartcrashedinnewmexico reblogged this from mutualassureddistraction
      2. metalmurmaid reblogged this from lizardfield and added:
        BLUE BLOOD!
      3. mutualassureddistraction reblogged this from megaera
      4. pgjrgirl reblogged this from risiblezombie and added:
        ahhhhh, it’s blue because it uses copper instead of iron!!! :D COPPER
      5. risiblezombie reblogged this from verbivorous and added:
        What??! That is so awesome =o
      6. castier reblogged this from verbivorous and added:
        Vriska u ok
      7. megaera reblogged this from verbivorous and added:
        Fuck. That makes me so sad.
      8. sanctuaryfortress reblogged this from lizardfield and added:
        wtf?
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      11. thefourdarkgodsofdestruction reblogged this from lizardfield and added:
        D—> B100 B100d you say
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