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Thu May 1, 2025, 08:39 AM

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https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/which-animal-has-saved-most-human-lives

In the 1950s, scientists isolated from its bright-blue blood a clotting agent, coagulogen, that binds to fungi and endotoxins.

This led to a simple, reliable method for detecting impurities in medical equipment and pharmaceutical drugs.

Oxygenated blood is harvested from the pericardium of wild-caught crabs, which are then returned to the sea.

The product is used to test drugs and medical instruments, saving pretty much anyone who has ever received any medical attention (since the 1950s).

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Which animal has saved the most human lives? (In the last 70+ years) [View all] underpants May 1 OP

ANSWER underpants May 1 #1

Bats lapfog_1 May 1 #2

Good point but not the answer here underpants May 1 #6

I remember seeing a video about this several years ago EYESORE 9001 May 1 #11

Maybe, but probably not to the extent that urban legend has it. sl8 May 1 #10

Fascinating! I was kind of thinking of it in the opposite way - saving lives by Tadpole Raisin May 1 #8

I thought it was Lassie, but hats off to the scientists and to the bats. surfered May 1 #3

What about Flipper? Omnipresent May 1 #5

I was thinking of... 2naSalit May 1 #4

Face eating leopards...... magicarpet May 1 #7

Bees are animals, and help feed us jgo May 1 #9

My first guess was dogs then mice - medical/science tests underpants May 1 #13

Not bears. Ocelot II May 1 #12

😳 underpants May 1 #14

Lab mice. Itchinjim May 1 #15

That and dogs were my first guess. underpants May 1 #16

Horseshoe crabs Ritabert May 1 #17

Thanks for the interesting thread, underpants! EuterpeThelo May 1 #18

Dogs horses and mice were the three I thought of underpants May 1 #19

Cats jmowreader May 2 #20

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