Comments on: Vulcans, eh?

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:41:06 +0000

Interesting… That means I could possibly have had green blood for about 10yrs, until I changed medications…

Damn migraines.

By: Roy Batty

Roy Batty — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:07:49 +0000

‘m just confused that the BA has put a photo of ‘ToSeek’ on his blog….

By: Thomas Siefert

Thomas Siefert — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:00:38 +0000

He could also have been the possessed Ed monster from Evil Dead II.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:14:31 +0000

There are animals that have blood based on copper. Crabs in particular have hemocyanin, and their blood is blue not green. I was also thinking with copper prices through the roof, lets hope that Spock doesn’t need a blood transfusion, and lets hope thieves don’t steal his blood to sell to a scrap yard.

By: Thanny

Thanny — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:03:49 +0000

As far as I know, you can’t merely fall asleep in such a way – you will wake up and shift positions before any damage is done.

You can, however, fall into a drugged stupor and get the same result, as a late friend of mine did many years ago. His calf was sliced open on each side to relieve the pressure, and it took a long time to recover, and was accompanied by a lot of pain (due to the nerve damage, not the cutting).

Perhaps this migraine medication caused him to pass out in that position as well as tinting his blood.

By: Berlzebub

Berlzebub — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:31:49 +0000

I remember seeing an “I Dream of Genie” episode where a few *ahem* good-ole-boys were going to cut open the austronauts to see if they were really space men (they were going to look to see if their blood was green). I vividly remember some people in my locality (the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia) actually believing that was a legitimate test.

Mr. Paradox,
Check out my blog, and PZ Meyers for some other interesting things about the Fairy Tale Museum. One point of interest, they’re trying to hire a geologist.

By: Kullat Nunu

Kullat Nunu — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:14:25 +0000

The green blood condition is known with the name sulfhaemoglobinaemia. Apparently there have been green-blooded people earlier as such name has been coined.

PS. There’s nothing strange about corpses emitting toxic gases. Living people do that all the time.

By: Hugh Jass

Hugh Jass — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:02:48 +0000

what I find amazing is that there was a true scientific explanation for a Vulcan’s green blood. Obviously the planet Vulcan being such an active planet it would be easy to assume the environment and possibly many of the flora and fauna would have elevated levels of sulfur. Maybe even to the extent of sulfur replacing other elements in the body… O2 or N2. eh?

By: Jerry Anning

Jerry Anning — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:42:52 +0000

Ear pointing is fairly common in the body mod community. Modblog (warning: nsfw, nsfsqueamish, nsfeasily-traumatized) http://modblog.bmezine.com will provide plenty of examples of would-be Vulcans and Elves. And other ear mods that would make van Gogh drop his jaw.

By: Mario Panighetti

Mario Panighetti — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:11 +0000

In fact, someone has had theirs ears, uh, Vulcanized. You should check out the Trekkies documentary. It’s both fascinating and very, very disturbing.

By: M.Christian

M.Christian — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:58:12 +0000

Okay. that is more than a little creepy — joining that toxic gas emitting corpse from a few years ago.

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:52:50 +0000

Sulfur in the hemoglobin? It’s THE DEVIL’s fault.

J/P=?

P.S. regarding the Creation Museum, check out this story