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minus-squareNachBarcelona@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·17 days agoThey have blue blood. We milk them for their blue blood. Absolute incredible body horror.
minus-squareben@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·17 days agoI think I remember reading about a different process that doesn’t kill them at least, we capture them and remove barnacles from them In exchange we take their blue blood Not a trade offer I would take personally, but we get vaccines out of it so there’s that at least
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 days agoI don’t know, people donate blood for juice boxes. I might occasionally visit a professional vampire who could get rid of an annoying knot in my back
minus-squareNachBarcelona@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·17 days agoTrue, the process doesn’t kill them (mostly I guess).I didn’t want to give the impression that we drain them of all their blood.
minus-squarelolrightythen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoWhat the heck? What is the purpose of collecting this blue blood?
minus-squareben@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab#Use_in_medicine Mainly used for the development of vaccines
minus-squarernercle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days ago☞ !wikipedia@sh.itjust.works please
They have blue blood. We milk them for their blue blood. Absolute incredible body horror.
I think I remember reading about a different process that doesn’t kill them at least, we capture them and remove barnacles from them
In exchange we take their blue blood
Not a trade offer I would take personally, but we get vaccines out of it so there’s that at least
I don’t know, people donate blood for juice boxes. I might occasionally visit a professional vampire who could get rid of an annoying knot in my back
True, the process doesn’t kill them (mostly I guess).I didn’t want to give the impression that we drain them of all their blood.
What the heck? What is the purpose of collecting this blue blood?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab#Use_in_medicine
Mainly used for the development of vaccines
Weird. Thanks!
☞ !wikipedia@sh.itjust.works please