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Yes, that's right: some species of dragonfish - the Malacosteidae - emit red bioluminescence that neither they nor their prey have retina pigments to detect. Their eyes receive the red light and then convert it to a visible wavelength using biofluorescence. biolum.eemb.ucsb.edu/organism/dra...
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J
joeymaier 🌊
@joeymaier.bsky.social
They pay me to talk about anatomy and biology, but these posts are mine. When I grow up, I want to live in Sea Base Alpha 🌊🐬🦈🐳🐟🦑🪸🐚🦀🐠🐙
667 followers393 following2.9k posts