Biofluorescence

Biofluorescence

Here’s a quick news bite about the discovery of a sea turtle which has a fluorescent shell and possibly parts of the head and limbs. I’ll try to dig up more info and edit the post later.

You can read about bioluminescence and fluorescent proteins here:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChadHaney/posts/2Q7Pa8C4rj1

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150928-sea-turtles-hawksbill-glowing-biofluorescence-coral-reef-ocean-animals-science150928-sea-turtles-hawksbill-glowing-biofluorescence-coral-reef-ocean-animals-science/

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  1. Janaina Brito
    September 29, 2015

    Beautiful!

    Reply
  2. Amy O
    September 29, 2015

    Cool!

    Kory S​

    Reply
  3. Kory Steele
    September 29, 2015

    TURTLE!

    -Dana Carvy

    Reply
  4. Melena Vanderford
    October 5, 2015

    Cool

    Reply
  5. Tyler Swetski
    October 14, 2015

    Great pictures

    Reply
  6. Sabrina Logan
    October 18, 2015

    Wow

    Reply
  7. Divya Mendonza
    July 27, 2016

    Ooooooo…..cool😀

    Reply

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