Australian animals glow in the dark! Biofluorescence discovery - ABC News

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"Biofluorescence is a glow-in-the-dark phenomenon, where light waves are absorbed and then re-emitted based on the properties of the fur or skin of the animal.

It has been known to occur in plants, some insects and marine life, but was unknown that it could occur in Australian mammals and marsupials until recently....

When they were successfully able to observe the glow-in-the-dark phenomenon in platypuses they had on display in the zoo's museum, they moved onto another Australian mammal — the Tasmanian devil.

Mr Schoen said they were shocked to discover the phenomenon on their first go."

 

"It was pretty shocking when we saw it, we went into it not expecting much and it was pretty exciting."

 

 

Read more: 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-07/us-zoo-researchers-discover-tasmanian-devils-glow-under-uv-light/12957148 

 

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