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Scientists face impossible choice over preservation of priceless blue crab blood: Let vital medicines wither or an endangered bird (fortune.com)

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[–] MadgePickles@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Horseshoe crabs not blue crabs

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Horseshoe "blood" is blue, and it's not actually blood it's hemolymph. It is blue crab blood. Blue blood from a crab.

[–] MadgePickles@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MadgePickles@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I don't know why you want to fight about this

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's a Fortune 500 article. They aren't very good on things like this. They mean the blue blood from horseshoe crabs.