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Did you know a lobster’s blood is colourless?
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Did you know a lobster’s blood is colourless but it turns blue when exposed to oxygen? The bluish tint of a lobster’s blood is due to the presence of copper found in the blue hemocyanin molecule in their blood. Air contains oxygen reacts with the copper present in the blood. Oxygenation causes a colour change the colourless Cu(I) to blue Cu(II).