4. Sea Firefly
Sea firefly is the name of a tiny crustacean that measures even less than an inch in length. This small creature can be found in the deep waters of Japan. When the mating season comes, the male splashes luminous dots of light to expose his location to females. During World War II, these creatures were used by soldiers to illuminate messages during the night.
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5. Tasmanian Devil
At the moment, the Tasmanian devil is one of the few land mammifers that has the ability to glow in the dark. This impressive discovery happened by accident in December 2020, when a zoo technician noticed that these mammals can shine under ultraviolet lights.
The Tasmanian devils’ skin shines around their eyes, snout, and inner ears due to the fact that it can absorb ultraviolet light, which is not visible to humans, and release it as blue, clear, and detectable light.
There are experts who believe that this amazing glow serves as a way of communicating. Besides the Tasmanian devils, other animals that have the ability to glow under UV light are springhares and flying squirrels.
…Did you know about these animals?
6. KrillÂ
Krill are another type of small marine crustacean and the majority of them measure a maximum of an inch or two in length. These tiny creatures serve as food for larger marine animals, such as whales, which can eat up to thousands of krill.
Even though they are small, they have an incredible ability to produce light straight from their own bodies. Some species of krill even have a more extraordinary rotatable lens which they use for directing the light straight to a particular area. Even though researchers don’t know exactly the reason why they emit this light, we can say that this is pretty amazing.
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