Salamanders and Frogs Light Up with Secret Superpower

The amphibians that we have come to know have a little surprise. They glow is the dark! After multiple studies- most if not all tend to glow under UV light even if they have inherently drab colors. This is called biofluorescence, and has been thoroughly investigated in underwater lifeforms, not not so much where terrestrial animals are concerned. 32 common species between nature and pet stores were tested and all resulted positive. Even larvae stages has this ability. It seems this may correspond with the primarily blue light emitted from dawn and dusk which could allow communication or some other unknown function.

I find this amazing because for all we think we know about science and stuff we actually didn't even realize that some of the most common creatures we come across have such a cool characteristic. I would tend to believe such a feature would be used for some sort of communication or breeding. Although when I first saw the article I thought it would talk about how humans caused this, I was surprised to see something that was natural, yet beautiful.

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  1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2020 at 7:43 AM

    I'd be interested to know whether this biofluorescence is caused by the amphibians' external stimuli (diets/environment), or just is a natural pigment already in their skin that just reacts to certain types of light the same way, throughout their entire life from birth. However, I thought this was a very cool find!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 12, 2020 at 10:50 AM

    It is amazing that this is a natural phenomenon that is occurring in the animals we have living on the planet today. I definitely find this information very interesting!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 27, 2020 at 1:32 PM

    Most occurances like this are usually from human interfearence, so it's good that this occurs naturally. I'd like to know what caused someone to put an amphibian under a UV light more than once and notice that pattern that most amphibians glow. Was this part of a larger experiment and just a biproduct or was it it's own experiment?

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