NNachBarcelona piefed.social7Hide 7 repliesThey have blue blood. We milk them for their blue blood. Absolute incredible body horror.24
ben replylemmy.zip6Hide 6 repliesI 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 least17
iidiomaddict replylemmy.worldI 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 back15
NNachBarcelona replypiefed.social4Hide 4 repliesTrue, 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.8
llolrightythen replylemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesWhat the heck? What is the purpose of collecting this blue blood?3
ben replylemmy.zip2Hide 2 replieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab#Use_in_medicine Mainly used for the development of vaccines15
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
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Weird. Thanks!