The Smell of Rain

[Tanja Cilia]

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In any case, ichor (“tenuous essence”) is not blood, but an ethereal, transparently golden fluid that was supposed to run in the veins of Greeks gods – a component of ambrosia and nectar too, if you please, and poisonous to mortals.

Of course, it’s not only Greek gods that do not have blood as we know it in their veins.

Some arthropods - including spiders, crustaceans such as crabs and shrimp, and even some insects such as stoneflies – have haemolymph in their circulatory systems instead of both the blood and interstitial fluid of vertebrates. Some non-arthropods such as mollusks also possess a hemolymphatic circulatory system.

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Read more at

http://www.timesofmalta.com/blogs/view/20100903/tanja-cilia/the-smell-of-rain

[Tanja Cilia]

Thank you - when I post the link firectly from the address bar, for some reason it does not take. I sometimes forget this. If you want to leave a comment on the online paper, you have to click the speech bubbles, and a box comes up. Thank you for your kind words.

[Jenny]

Thanks for the link. I was drawn in by the title, and wasn't disappointed with your blog. Rich in texture, detail and depth.

[Tanja Cilia]

Link:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/blogs/view/20100903/tanja-cilia/the-sme...

[Jenny]

Tantalizing - where's the link?

[Sissy Anderson]

Cool.