Blue Blooded Arthropods
Many arthropods have a copper-based oxygen carrying molecule known as haemocyanin, instead of the iron-based haemoglobin in mammals. When oxygenated, they appear a blue-green colour.
Haemocyanins are found unbound to blood cells, and are instead directly suspended in the haemolymph, the circulatory fluid in arthropods.
Know more about haemocyanin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemocyanin
Watch the war between jumping jack ants and huntsman spider:
Monster Bug Wars- Jumping Jack Ants vs. Huntsman Spider
Gif via ScienceChannel Youtube
Spock, on Star Trek, also, has copper-based blood, and his blood is green, as well.
ReplyDeleteDid that ant take that spider down?!
ReplyDeleteAll that for some kool-aid!
previously i only heard that the Horseshoe crab has this blood.
ReplyDeleteHorseshoe crab has erytrocytes called hemocytes, and it contains hemocyanine
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