Why do lobsters have blue blood?
Chef's answer
Vertebrates have red blood. ... Snails, lobsters and spiders actually have blue blood (properly called haemolymph). The colour comes from the copper atoms in the haemocyanin molecule, which is blue when it is carrying an oxygen atom. It is dissolved directly into their 'blood' instead of being enclosed in blood cells..
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Snails, lobsters and spiders actually have blue blood (properly called haemolymph). The colour comes from the copper atoms in the haemocyanin molecule, which is blue when it is carrying an oxygen atom. It is dissolved directly into their 'blood' instead of being enclosed in blood cells..
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