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Posted by savio   Sep 11, 2013    3716 views

Did you know one quart of horseshoe crab blood costs $15,000 dollars?

The critter's blue blood is a sort of bacteria killing machine that clots around ‘invaders’, eliminating them and protecting horseshoe crabs from lethal infections. Researchers have been harnessing the power of this blue blood to test medical supplies for contamination.

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