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Abstract
Everyone knows that people have red blood in their veins, and blue blood is found only in fairy tales. See, blue blood isn't just for fairy tales. Nature has created spiders, scorpions and crabs with blue blood. How is blue blood different from normal blood? In normal blood, the red color is given by hemoglobin, a red pigment containing iron mixed with protein. Blue blood is not produced by hemoglobin, but by a blue substance containing copper - hemocyanin. The mystery of blue blood has intrigued scientists for a long time. Why did nature replace hemoglobin with hemocyanin? Research shows that spiders cannot live without hemocyanin. Because their body does not have red blood vessels and blue blood vessels that send oxygen throughout the body of people. How can the body be supplied with oxygen without veins? This task is performed by hemocyanin with its complex structure. It releases the required amount of oxygen like a regulator that regulates the movements. At the same time, it adjusts the body temperature to the external conditions.