Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months ago"Blood is actually blue!"lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1849arrow-down112
arrow-up1837arrow-down1image"Blood is actually blue!"lemmy.dbzer0.comStamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square107linkfedilink
minus-squareProdigiousInsanity@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoCame here to say the same thing, for years I was believing my blood was blue before it hit oxygen…
minus-squareAlbbi@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI was going to add the “hitting oxygen” is an important part of the blue blood myth back then.
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhich is really funny since your blood is already oxeygenated
minus-squareKubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.