Tuesday, November 3, 2020

So, Platypuses are Biofluorescent

Cheers to the researchers responsible for this find and write up! From EurekaAlert!:

The fur of the platypus – an Australian species threatened with extinction – glows green under ultraviolet light, a new study finds. This is the first observation of biofluorescence in an egg-laying mammal (monotreme), suggesting this extraordinary trait may not be as rare as previously thought.

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