Atdtda23: [46.3] Second shot, 658-659

[Dave Monroe]

On 12/20/07, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> "green blood?" said Reef later, after a long shower.
>
> sounds like he was slimed!

Vulcan blood is copper-based and is copper- or rust-colored when
deoxygenated in the veins and green when oxygenated in the arteries.
Bruises and dermal abrasions therefore take on a green color....

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Vulcan#Physiology

"It was sort of a green-black. … Like an avocado skin maybe."

The reaction in the room? "We were very concerned, obviously," said
Flexman, who is training in anesthesia at the hospital.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/06/08/health-green-blood.html