August 14, 2011 Milking Horse Shoe Crabs

CaliforniaMama · 08-14-2011, 08:49 AM

I have to admit this image totally grosses me out. It is all I could do to create the post with my gut in a clench to avoid tossing . . .

I guess it is just seeing these creatures clamped down with a tube draining blue liquid. It is a bit too alien for me. It's just kinda creepy.

Or it is what humans tend to fear aliens will do to us.

Whatever it is, the image is just too much for me, even though the whole practice seems so noble and harm-free.

And just how in the world did someone discover this in the first place? Do scientists just randomly go around playing with the blood of creatures to see what it will do?

08-14-2011, 08:49 AM	#2
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	I have to admit this image totally grosses me out. It is all I could do to create the post with my gut in a clench to avoid tossing . . . I guess it is just seeing these creatures clamped down with a tube draining blue liquid. It is a bit too alien for me. It's just kinda creepy. Or it is what humans tend to fear aliens will do to us. Whatever it is, the image is just too much for me, even though the whole practice seems so noble and harm-free. And just how in the world did someone discover this in the first place? Do scientists just randomly go around playing with the blood of creatures to see what it will do? __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

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