Image of the Day: Blue Bloods
Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) blue blood (the color is caused by copper-based hemocyanin) being harvested to create a contaminant test, LAL, used by pharmaceutical companies
Mar 3, 2014
WNET/PBS, VIA THE ATLANTIC
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