Why shrimp have blue blood

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1. #1 · 3.6s

   A shrimp's blood is blue.

   cartoon shrimp with bright blue glowing blood, bold flat illustration, 9:16

2. #2 · 3.6s

   Red with iron for us, blue with copper for them.

   split panel: red iron blood drop vs blue copper blood drop, infographic, 9:16

3. #3 · 3.6s

   Their hearts sit inside their heads.

   cartoon shrimp with a glowing heart in its head, playful, 9:16

4. #4 · 3.6s

   They taste the world with their feet.

   close-up cartoon shrimp legs with taste sparkles, vibrant, 9:16

5. #5 · 3.6s

   The mantis shrimp punches fast enough to boil water.

   mantis shrimp throwing a punch, cavitation flash, dynamic comic style, 9:16

6. #6 · 3.6s

   Sixteen color receptors — UV and polarized light.

   mantis shrimp eyes radiating a rainbow spectrum, bold colors, 9:16

7. #7 · 3.6s

   Evolution, quietly turned upside down.

   shrimp anatomy diagram, vibrant saturated colors, animated style, 9:16

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  "script": "A shrimp's blood is blue. While our blood runs red with iron, a shrimp's runs blue with copper. The molecule that carries its oxygen, called hemocyanin, turns blue when it binds with oxygen instead of red. But that is only the beginning of how strange shrimp really are. Their hearts sit inside their heads. They taste the world with their feet. And the mantis shrimp throws a punch so fast it boils the water around it, creating a flash of light and a shockwave that can crack aquarium glass. Its eyes put ours to shame, too — where humans see with three color receptors, the mantis shrimp has sixteen, perceiving ultraviolet and polarized light we cannot even imagine. In the shrimp, evolution took almost everything we assume about animals and quietly turned it upside down.",
  "voiceId": "el_brian",
  "style": "animated",
  "language": "en",
  "narrationSpeed": 1.1
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