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JayEll1969 t1_j2akn2c wrote

The Ayam Cemani breed of chicken has black feathers, skin, eyes, tongue, flesh and even black internal organs.

Blood is red though.

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Grt38 t1_j2c4bgm wrote

Blood is red because of the oxidation of iron when it comes in contact with oxygen in our blood. Same reason rust is red. Horseshoe crabs blood is blue because instead of iron, they have copper in their blood that oxidizes. Pretty neat huh?

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suckertarlson t1_j2bpp33 wrote

I saw its meat once in a chinese grocery store. I wonder how it tastes like.

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JayEll1969 t1_j2btyk0 wrote

It probably tastes like chicken - everything else does

/s

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optionlord3 t1_j2cs4x5 wrote

different kind of chicken i imagine. the chibese ones are silkie chickens and only the skin is black, the feathers are white and i think flesh and organs like regular chickens

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Overwatch_1ightning t1_j2dmqfs wrote

That's cool I liked it, just pure black in and out, I wonder why they have that pigmentation.

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