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This bloodlike substance is chock-full of carminic acid—a toxic chemical that grants the liquid its vivid hue and prompts the ants to quickly abandon their assault.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 15, 2024

Called hemolymph, the substance is chock-full of carminic acid, a toxic chemical that grants the liquid a bloodlike hue and prompts the ants to abandon their assault.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 12, 2024

She puts a heated simulated bloodlike solution in a container covered with a thin piece of plastic to emulate skin.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2020

The top channel brings air to the membrane and the bottom one contains a bloodlike fluid.

From Economist • Jun. 11, 2015

A bloodlike substance, dark and tarry, seemed to be leaking from the diadem.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling