I thought horseshoe crabs have blue blood because they're arthropod royalty.
(Hoo boy, I'm on a roll! Somebody stop me!)
Spock's Blood after the childhood fight scene
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I thought horseshoe crabs have blue blood because they're arthropod royalty.
(Hoo boy, I'm on a roll! Somebody stop me!)
Yeah, I wasn't joking about the color, just about the significance. (Truth be known, I'd have preferred emerald but c'mon, even I won't make a federal case of it.)
Terran crabs aren't Vulcans.
Aside from the copper, there could be little to NO similarity where the makekup of their blood is concerned.
In the movie, McCoy even refers to him as a "green-blooded hobgoblin".
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I noticed that first time through the movie, because the green drop of blood is in stark contrast to his red lips. All I could think of was that maybe make-up couldn't do it realistically and so just left it.
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Why does my dog have black lips?
Why do some birds have blue feathers?
But they all bleed red!
Those canon violating bastards!
I really liked the blue-tinted bruise on kiddie Spock's cheek. That was a nice touch.
And, yes, Vulcans and Romulans bleed green because the hemoglobin is based on coppper instead of iron (like it is in humans.)
I guess the "idea" is that since when copper oxidizes it turns green. I guess when the copper in Spock's blood mixes with the oxygen in his lungs it corrodes. It may not be scientifically "solid" but it is also alien biology.
And, yes, Vulcans and Romulans bleed green because the hemoglobin is based on coppper instead of iron (like it is in humans.)
I guess the "idea" is that since when copper oxidizes it turns green. I guess when the copper in Spock's blood mixes with the oxygen in his lungs it corrodes. It may not be scientifically "solid" but it is also alien biology.
How is it provocative. I just asked a question. People like you pile on with other tangents.
Here's an idea ... if you don't like the topic, move on. Why waste your time with such a lame, and needlessly provocative, response?
Why does my dog have black lips?
Why do some birds have blue feathers?
But they all bleed red!
Those canon violating bastards!
goddamit, I need a canon-violation ava!!
calm down. he'll be happy you came back.
so why are their lips red?
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Use it.
Why are their rips red? As said above, dogs have red blood -like us- ans their lips are very dark, almost black. Maybe there's just some pigmentation effect going on giving them pink lips.
Or this is just something with no 'in-universe' explanation and has to suffice with the meta-explanation of limitations in makeup or just simply it never occured to people to paint their lips a tint of green to go along with Vulcans having green blood. I mean, their skin logically should have a much more green tinge to it, too. Hell, they should probably almost look like pale Orions.
Their lips are red because they are. Nevertheless, they have green blood because of the oxidized copper content in it.
Well, Gene was never one for scientific or historical accuracy, or even plausibility. (see the old episodes with the gangster planet and Nazi planet for some nice examples) Apparently, he just wanted to tell a story... ironically, his show spawned one of the most tech-minutiae-obsessed fanbases around. Go figure.
Dude. Can't you see she's busy with nuObama? She's um... distracted..
see? I live. I learn.
it's not just the Obama.
it was also Spock.
he left me utterly, utterly exhausted!
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