“Everything you do in life comes from horseshoe crab blood," says fisherman George Topping. Vaccines and antibiotics just wouldn't be the same without it.
To be honest, I too headed straight for the comments without reading the article. But I didn’t comment till I read it. It’s also not technically a crab either, despite being called one.
The horseshoe crab is a bird? Lol wat? Anyway why isn’t it possible to create the blood in a lab or breed the crab/bird?
There is already a synthetic version approved in EU. US just refuses to use it. NPR article about it
Did you read beyond the headline?
I did after responding. I just think the headline has tried to fit as much information as possible but is a bit confusing doing so
Literacy: Not even once!
To be honest, I too headed straight for the comments without reading the article. But I didn’t comment till I read it. It’s also not technically a crab either, despite being called one.