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Among the mysteries which were discussed in the programme and the Q&A session with some of the cast afterwards was the question;
"Why do giant squid have blue blood?"
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Monday, 1 November 2010
Why do giant squid have blue blood?
A few weeks ago I attended at cinema showing of Inside Nature's Giants: The Giant Squid. In the series a team of experts dissect and examine some of the World's largest animals.
The Giant Squid is a little understood member of the class Cephalopoda, the cephalopods, known as Architeuthis dex (among other names). They are truly amazing animals, growing up to 20 meters long without a bone in their body (only a beak formed of protein and chitin).
Among the mysteries which were discussed in the programme and the Q&A session with some of the cast afterwards was the question;
"Why do giant squid have blue blood?"
Among the mysteries which were discussed in the programme and the Q&A session with some of the cast afterwards was the question;
"Why do giant squid have blue blood?"
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