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About the biology of smurf coloration...?
Apparently, one of those "classic stumpers" which is "just hilarious" is, what color does a smurf become during asphyxiation?
It seems pretty clear that smurf coloration is derived from the hemocyanin in their blood streams, which is blue while oxygenated but colorless while deoxygenated. Doesn't that mean that a choked smurf will become pale or clear? Does anyone out there have direct experience with hemocyanin?
Please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemocyanin
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
False.
Smurfs are terrestrial tetrapods and thus they have red blood colored by hemoglobin.
The blue coloration of the Smurfs is actually from ingestion of colloidal silver.
Google for
colloidal silver blue skin
Note that Gargamel does not eat the same stuff that the Smurfs eat.
This coloration would mask any coloration effects of asphyxiation -- so -- Smurfs don't change color during asphyxiation.
- gardengallivantLv 71 decade ago
Since hemocyanin is present only in invertebrates with shells, carapaces or exoskeletons it is difficult to tell what color their circulatory system becomes when smothered.
It is more likely the smurf become a paler shade of bluish yellow or bluegrey than undergo a complete color loss. Even though hemocyanin is colorless when deoxygenated the organism would die long before before this stage.
If smurf have brains that need comparable oxygen supplies to humans then they need some 20% of the O2 supply to operate their brain.
