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Ten animals with glow-in-the-dark skeletons
Original: 10 animals with freaky, spooky skeletons that bizarrely glow – except for one with jet-black bones
BBC Wildlife Magazine has rounded up ten animals whose skeletons glow under ultraviolet light, a feature found in species ranging from certain reptiles to small mammals. The list includes one unusual exception: an animal whose bones are jet-black instead of fluorescent. The piece is timed for the spooky season, tapping interest in fluorescent wildlife and the still-open questions about why some skeletons glow and others do not.
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- 10 animals with freaky, spooky skeletons that bizarrely glow – except for one with jet-black bones · BBC Wildlife Magazine
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