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Friday 18 Jan 2008: Blue blood
Most molluscs (e.g. clams, snails, squid and octopi) have blue blood. Instead of binding oxygen to the iron in haemoglobin - which is what turns our blood red, their blood uses copper-containing haemocyanin to bind and transport the oxygen.

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