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- Biofluorescence in the Platypus https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mamm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027.xml 6 comments
- Scientists have discovered that the platypus is biofluorescent. The three specimens in the study appeared brown under visible light and green or cyan under UV light, due to fluoresced wavelengths that peaked around 500 nm. This is the first report of biofluorescence in a monotreme mammal. https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mamm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027.xml 441 comments science
- Scientists have just discovered that platypuses glow green under ultraviolet light, making the animal one of only three known biofluorescent mammals https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mamm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027.xml 26 comments science
- Platypuses glow in the dark. It’s not enough to be a mammal that lays eggs, sports a duck-like bill and webbed feet, hunts using electroreception, and wields venomous spurs: it turns out they also glow green under ultraviolet light. https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/mamm/ahead-of-print/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027/article-10.1515-mammalia-2020-0027.xml 8 comments science
Linking pages
- A blue-green glow adds to platypuses’ long list of bizarre features https://www.sciencenews.org/article/platypus-glow-blue-green-ultraviolet-light-fluorescent-fur 87 comments
- Platypuses Glow Under Blacklight. We Have No Idea Why. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/science/platypus-glow-ultraviolet.html 37 comments
- Scientists accidentally discover Australian marsupials glow in the dark - CNET https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/scientists-accidentally-discover-australian-marsupials-glow-in-the-dark/ 8 comments
- Scientists accidentally discover Australian marsupials glow in the dark - CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/scientists-accidentally-discover-australian-marsupials-glow-in-the-dark/ 6 comments
- The Mystery of The Platypus Deepens With The Discovery of Its Biofluorescent Fur : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/the-australian-platypus-is-the-latest-mammal-discovered-with-fluorescent-fur 4 comments
- Biofluorescent Australian mammals and marsupials take scientists by surprise in accidental discovery - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-26/glow-in-the-dark-marsupials-surprise-scientists-biofluorescence/12910820 0 comments
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