Nature, WTF?

Have you seen the Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)? It’s not a crab. These living fossils are more closely related to spiders and scorpions, and just look at them. 

I know right?

Well it turns out that they have life saving blue blood that is an essential component in the making of needed pharmaceuticals.

They are also at risk of extinction. They die, we could die. If you love your own ass you should help save theirs. 

Casu marzu is a sheep’ milk cheese that has been deliberately infested by Piophila casei, the “cheese fly.” This casu marzu is an illegal Sardinian cheese that is served riddled with writhing maggots that try to jump into your eyeballs as you eat it.

I’ll take “Meaty Co-sexual Living Rocks” for 500, Alex.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/2012/06/21/pyura-chilensis-the-closest-thing-to-getting-blood-from-a-stone/