Horseshoe Crab
A marine arthropod whose blue blood is used to test for bacterial contamination in medicine
Fun Fact
Horseshoe crab blood turns bright blue when exposed to air due to copper-based hemocyanin, and one quart can yield enough clotting agent to test 100 million COVID tests.
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