Which animal contains copper in its blood?
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EG.The Antarctic octopus, pictured, has a copper-rich protein in its blood that turns the vital fluid blue.
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Unlike most animals on earth, whose blood is iron-based, some mollusks (Mollusca) and arthropods (Arthropoda) have copper-based blood. The protein molecule hemocyanin carries oxygen through the body, in much the same way hemoglobin carries oxygen to cells in mammals and other animals.
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