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perhaps for a loveletter or a dear john epistle, quite possibly an outstanding invoice would all look pretty cool on this bleedin’ paper.
2 sheets of ultra-thin vellum with an intermediate layer of non-toxic red gel; crimped at the edges to prevent leakage.
any stapling, misuse of paperclips,
heavy folding and/or a deluge of teardrops will result in heavy “bleeding”
a green variety for doctors and people on a diet follows shortly.
ooooh, a brown version to help elephants.
http://www.elephantdungpaper.com/
[po, Feb 22 2005]
For [po]
http://www.gifs.net/animate/giflist.htm
(scroll down and click on bloodani.gif) [Worldgineer, Feb 23 2005]
possible application
http://www.geocitie....html?1109430456250
[po, Feb 26 2005]
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Or micro beads of tears. Scratch and sniffle. |
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Better than paper made of dried prunes. |
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Could this be used to write 'you're gonna die' notes from stalkers? |
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what do you think, tadpole? |
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For more dramatic effect, write with a penknife. |
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Much easier on the hands than the traditional ‘sign in blood’ contracts. |
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Now when you dog eats your homework there will be forensic evidence. |
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Or a case for a hideous murder. |
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forensic evidence - oh, yes! |
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I'd like to extend this to email but have not a clue... |
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Wait- doctors have green blood? |
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brodie - my experience of doctors, sorry! |
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Cephalopods have blue-green blood, because their oxygen transportation is handled by haemocyanin (copper based) instead of haemoglobin. |
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Other animals have purple blood: haemoerythrin (iron-based, nonporphyrin) Some terrestrial worms and marine annelids.
Green blood: Chlorocruorin: most crabs and some other invertebrates
Yellow-green blood: Vanabin. Found in Sea cucumbers, whose blood is vanadium based.
Brown blood: Pinnaglobin. Manganese based blood of a single species of mollusc - Pinna squamosa? squamata? |
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18 months sharing a flat with a marine biologist. |
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Po - oviously you need to get a humanoid doctor without pointy ears. If he heals you by pressing his fingers to your temple, watch out! |
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[UnaBubba] - you scrub and you scrub, but the smell is
always there... |
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hey UB. what a memory you have. |
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The guy's name was Greg Pobar. He discovered a new subspecies of Cherax destructor (Australian freshwater yabby or crayfish). That was back in 1982 so it may not ever have made it to the internet. |
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I was absolutely fascinated at the whole concept of other critters using different transitional metals to humans, for oxygen delivery. The weird thing is that most of the animals have blood that is practically clear until you collect it, or freeze it. |
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Horseshoe crabs, from the US waters, have blue blood, due to haemocyanin. It is harvested for use in medicine. Its blood contains an odd clotting agent, so it coagulates when exposed to Gram negative bacteria, as I recall (something to do with endotoxin). Hospitals and pathologists all over the world use it, to test whether intravenous drugs have been contaminated with bacteria. The scientist who made the discovery was a fellow named Bang. |
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