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minus-squareabbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoOpossums also glow under UV.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThat tracks. I wonder why some animals do that and others don’t. It’s not like there’s much natural uv in any situation lacking visible light
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoAh, but “visible light” as a category is human-centric in that it’s based only on which wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation our eyes can detect or “see”. Other species can see more or different wavelengths, such as UV.
minus-squareThe D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agodidn’t know that, but hell yeah
Opossums also glow under UV.
That tracks. I wonder why some animals do that and others don’t. It’s not like there’s much natural uv in any situation lacking visible light
Ah, but “visible light” as a category is human-centric in that it’s based only on which wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation our eyes can detect or “see”. Other species can see more or different wavelengths, such as UV.
didn’t know that, but hell yeah