{"id":2849,"date":"2011-01-08T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T19:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=2849"},"modified":"2011-01-08T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T19:35:28","slug":"slice-o-tuna-the-other-red-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2011\/01\/08\/slice-o-tuna-the-other-red-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Slice o&#8217; Tuna &#8211; the Other Red Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2850\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2011\/01\/tuna-muscle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2850\" title=\"tuna muscle\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2011\/01\/tuna-muscle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2011\/01\/tuna-muscle.jpg 960w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2011\/01\/tuna-muscle-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2011\/01\/tuna-muscle-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2011\/01\/tuna-muscle-767x1024.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: E. Loury<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you <a title=\"Slicing Tuna \u2013 But Not for Sushi, if I Were\u00a0You\" href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2011\/01\/04\/slicing-tuna-%e2%80%93-but-not-for-sushi-if-i-were-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slice into a tuna like we did in Ichthyology class<\/a>, here is what you&#8217;ll see: a layer of red muscle sandwiched between white muscle (which looks pink in this photo).\u00a0\u00a0 The oxygen-rich red muscle helps tunas power through the water.\u00a0 Having red muscle located near the core of their body makes tunas unique from many other fishes, and allows them to keep their muscle at a higher temperature than the surrounding water.\u00a0 Warmer muscle means faster contractions and increased power.\u00a0 No wonder tunas are some hot-blooded fish!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you slice into a tuna like we did in Ichthyology class, here is what you&#8217;ll see: a layer of red muscle sandwiched between white muscle (which looks pink in this photo).\u00a0\u00a0 The oxygen-rich red muscle helps tunas power through the water.\u00a0 Having red muscle located near the core of their body makes tunas unique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-2849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fish"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MLML Student Life","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}