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Old 08-June-2007, 02:31 PM
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A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports.
They claim that the patient was suffering from a rare condition called "sulfhaemoglobinaemia" but we know better.
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Typical!! they should always check the ears at pre-med
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I wonder if he came to town thinking it was Vulcouver.
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But was Bebe Neuwirth there to jump him as she did in StarTrek:TNG????
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But was Bebe Neuwirth there to jump him as she did in StarTrek:TNG????
You must really be a ST fan to pull that one out of the air.
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But was Bebe Neuwirth there to jump him as she did in StarTrek:TNG????

...And there'll be a bootleg videotape called One Night On Vulcan coming out soon. (I'm gonna stop right there before I get banned.)
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Truth is, you just can't get the kind of medical service in Vulcan than you can in Vancouver.
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Truth is, you just can't get the kind of medical service in Vulcan than you can in Vancouver.
They don't need it, they naturally "live long and prosper".
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...And there'll be a bootleg videotape called One Night On Vulcan coming out soon. (I'm gonna stop right there before I get banned.)
Starring our favourite mod ToSeeK.
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Where's Dr. M'Benga?
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Hmmh...
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Target Species: Green-blooded skinks, Prasinohaema species
Location: Central, Madang & Highlands Provinces, Papua New Guinea
...In 1968 research into the blood of green-blooded skinks determined that the colouration was due to the presence of a biliverdin-type pigment, like that found in bile...
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There are also blue-blooded animals, like the horseshoe crabs (image). Insects have colorless blood as they have no need for hemoglobin.
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