Scientists found that platypuses have a blue-green glow

 Scientists have recently found that platypuses not only have an electricity-sensing bill, venomous heel spurs, and lay eggs, but they have now found that they glow under ultraviolet light. The article I found stated that their fur absorbs the ultraviolet light, and gives off a blue-green glow. Scientists found this discovery because other types of marsupials were giving off different colors under ultraviolet lights. It also said that not all platypuses fur may do this, and only some have this interesting characteristic. One scientist thinks that they have this capability so they have less of a refection in nighttime to protect against predators. Who knows, there could be hundreds of animals in the world with this capability, us humans just don't know about yet. Furthermore, some scientists think that there were many animals like this in the past, that have now went extinct. This article just goes show that there are so many things that us humans are still learning about animals in this world. 


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  1. AnonymousDecember 7, 2020 at 9:54 AM

    That is so cool! Not only is a platypus a super cool animal, they are also fun to learn about. I agree with you when you say that there are some animals that humans might not know about yet, because there is always something we dont know. I feel that there are always new things, because new things give us more to learn and think about.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 15, 2020 at 8:17 AM

    I never would of thought that platypuses could give a off blue-green glow. I wonder how many other animals would glow if they were put under UV light? It's also interesting how only some platypuses have this feature and not all of them.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 15, 2020 at 7:47 PM

    It is interesting to learn that platypus actually glow because most of the other animals that have the same feature are mostly bugs and insects. It is also pretty amazing to hear that one little mammal has all these interesting features, I think the coolest one is that it lays eggs, I hope people find even more down the road.

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