What color is mollusk blood?
Mollusk, also spelled mollusc, any soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, usually wholly or partly enclosed in a calcium carbonate shell secreted by a soft mantle covering the body. Along with the insects and vertebrates, it is one of the most diverse groups in the animal kingdom, with nearly 100,000 (possibly as many as 150,000) described species.
While human blood is red, some animals do have blue blood. Spiders, mollusks and certain other arthropods use hemocyanin in their hemolymph, which is analogous to our blood. This copper-based pigment is blue.
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earlepg
There are some bluebloods around, only they aren't from privileged family lines.
lls
:( poor slugs and snails that get under my feet usually squash yellow...
Jackie Tolbert
ACTUALLY IT IS PURPLE
Joseph A. Robitaille
Neat question.
Ilias Tsiabardas
Got it
larrywagner
Good Q&A. Come on Tesla catch up.
Ken Jackson
jbny, Blood is always red, actually. It's the veins that look blue because light has to penetrate the skin to illuminate them. Blue and red light penetrate skin with different degrees of success - and what gets back to your eye is the blue light.
Chris Braid
Never seen mollusc spelt with a 'k' before!
John New
No, just royalty!jbny,