Scientist bleeds Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) to extract blue, copper based blood. Massachusetts, USA

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Scientist bleeds Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) to extract blue, copper based blood, lysate, used in testing purity levels in various medicines. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

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Location: Massachusetts, USA
Photo credit: © Jeff Rotman / Alamy / Afripics
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