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An octopus kiss
And here's an octopus being indecent
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*3 hearts & 9 brains*
+ They have blue blood
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+ They have blue blood
Vertebrates' blood is red because it contains hemoglobin (protein + iron). Invertebrates' blood contains hemocyanin (protein + copper) which makes it colorless when deoxygenated and blue when oxygenated.
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+ They have blue blood
Horseshoe crabs also have blue blood
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Horseshoe crabs also have blue blood
Their blood is very important for vaccine production because it's used in a test called LAL to detect the presence of endotoxins in vaccines and medical equipment.

Horseshoe blood contains amebocytes (like our white blood cells). Once these amebocytes detect endotoxins, they encapsulate them and form a gel clot around them. That's basically how the LAL test works; if you add horseshoe blood to your vaccine and it forms gel, then it's contaminated.
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Their blood is very important for vaccine production because it's used in a test called LAL to detect the presence of endotoxins in vaccines and medical equipment. Horseshoe blood contains amebocytes (like our white blood cells). Once these amebocytes detect…
ورة ما يصيدوهن، شركات الأدوية ياخذون نسبة من دمهن بدون ما يكتلوهن وراها يرجعوهن للمحيط (أو يبيعوهن بشكل غير شرعي)
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One last thing,
Most of these beautiful, outlandish creatures live only for a year or two. For all their intelligence and strangeness, they have a very short lifespan.
Pigeon paramyxovirus (PPMV1)
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Pigeon paramyxovirus (PPMV1)
هذا فايروس يصيب الطيور، غالبًا الحمام، يسويلهم هواي مشاكل بس أغرب وحدة هي الـ torticollis أو الـ neck twisting. تلكة ركبته منحنية على جهة وحدة بطريقة تضحك.
يكلك أُصول الفايروس هي من الشرق الأوسط، غالبًا من العراق، ومنه انتشر للعالَم.
Forwarded from محمد حامد علاوي