floofloof@lemmy.ca to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoScientists face impossible choice over preservation of priceless blue crab blood: Let vital medicines wither or an endangered birdfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square133arc585@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoHorseshoe “blood” is blue, and it’s not actually blood it’s hemolymph. It is blue crab blood. Blue blood from a crab.
minus-squareMadgePickles@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBlue blood from a horseshoe crab yes. Blue crabs are also a thing and horseshoe crabs are always referred to with the word horseshoe in front. So calling them just crabs with the word blue in front is a poor choice if one cares about communication.
minus-square133arc585@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year ago horseshoe crabs are always referred to with the word horseshoe in front They weren’t in this case, so that “always” seems to be a stretch. if one cares about communication. It’s made clear in the article. If one cares about communication they’re reading past a headline.
Horseshoe “blood” is blue, and it’s not actually blood it’s hemolymph. It is blue crab blood. Blue blood from a crab.
Blue blood from a horseshoe crab yes. Blue crabs are also a thing and horseshoe crabs are always referred to with the word horseshoe in front. So calling them just crabs with the word blue in front is a poor choice if one cares about communication.
They weren’t in this case, so that “always” seems to be a stretch.
It’s made clear in the article. If one cares about communication they’re reading past a headline.