ScienceActuallyChitons have more iron in their circulatory fluid (hemolymph) than any other animal studied to date.
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. π¨π»βπ»π§¬How #insect #blood stops #bleeding fast
Their blood equivalent, #hemolymph, changes its physical properties, sealing wounds in about a minute because the watery hemolymph that initially bleeds out turns into a viscoelastic substance outside of the body and retracts back to the wound. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/how-insect-blood-stops-bleeding-fast/
Their blood equivalent, #hemolymph, changes its physical properties, sealing wounds in about a minute because the watery hemolymph that initially bleeds out turns into a viscoelastic substance outside of the body and retracts back to the wound. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/how-insect-blood-stops-bleeding-fast/
CellBioNewsScientists discover how #caterpillars can stop their #bleeding in seconds.
#hemolymph #hemocytes #viscoelastic
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-scientists-caterpillars-seconds.html
Scientists discover how caterpillars can stop their bleeding in seconds
Blood is a remarkable material: it must remain fluid inside blood vessels, yet clot as quickly as possible outside them, to stop bleeding. The chemical cascade that makes this possible is well understood for vertebrate blood. But hemolymph, the equivalent of blood in insects, has a very different composition, being notably lacking in red blood cells, hemoglobin, and platelets, and having amoeba-like cells called hemocytes instead of white blood cells for immune defense.