“Everything you do in life comes from horseshoe crab blood," says fisherman George Topping. Vaccines and antibiotics just wouldn't be the same without it.
    • 133arc585
      0•9 months ago

      Horseshoe “blood” is blue, and it’s not actually blood it’s hemolymph. It is blue crab blood. Blue blood from a crab.

      • MadgePicklesEnglish
        0•9 months ago

        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
          0•9 months 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.