Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 5 days ago"Blood is actually blue!"lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square104linkfedilinkarrow-up1782arrow-down110
arrow-up1772arrow-down1image"Blood is actually blue!"lemmy.dbzer0.comStamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 5 days agomessage-square104linkfedilink
minus-squareProdigiousInsanity@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoCame here to say the same thing, for years I was believing my blood was blue before it hit oxygen…
minus-squareAlbbi@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoI was going to add the “hitting oxygen” is an important part of the blue blood myth back then.
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoWhich is really funny since your blood is already oxeygenated
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoAh, but I think the “blue” blood you see is in your veins, which carry “spent” blood with low oxygen content. Those kinds of little truths are what make myths believable, too.
Came here to say the same thing, for years I was believing my blood was blue before it hit oxygen…
I was going to add the “hitting oxygen” is an important part of the blue blood myth back then.
Which is really funny since your blood is already oxeygenated
Ah, but I think the “blue” blood you see is in your veins, which carry “spent” blood with low oxygen content. Those kinds of little truths are what make myths believable, too.