yfw that color actually comes from crustaceans they eat: 🤯
Might as well call it crustacean pink instead. That name sounds much better than a word with a silent L.
It doesn’t have to be silent
I pronounce it. Everyone keeps telling me it’s wrong.
Carotenoids are produced by algae, plants and certain fungi.
Feeding fish higher-level animals in the food web (like crustaceans or fish that predate on crustaceans) concentrates the carotenoids and brings out more and more color in the fish, specifically red.
And mercury right?
Mercury is more highly concentrated in higher-level organisms in a similar fashion, yes.
But mercury itself has nothing to do with coloring.
So, don’t people generally know that Salmon is pink in color? Well, pinkish-orange anyway. My question is - what happens if you’re a girl and…you don’t LIKE THE COLOR PINK!! (Sorry I’ll give you a moment to recover from having your mind blown). I’m male and I hate the color pink but not because it’s the color of every toy ever made for girls - it’s just a color that makes me think of Pepto Bismal. I don’t see the attraction.
