Once you get down deep enough in Earth’s oceans, sunlight is hard to come by. But rather than stumble around in the dark in search of food, creatures that live at extreme depths have found ways to make their own light. It’s called bioluminescence and it’s what gives fireflies their ability to generate brilliant flashes in the dead of night.
Deep in the oceans, sea creatures use this ability for a variety of things, including luring in prey who might see the glow as an easy target only to be met with a set of sharp jaws for their curiosity. A newly-identified species of shark found in the Gulf of Mexico has a light-making system all its own, but it’s a whole lot less intimidating than you’d imagine a glow-in-the-dark shark would be.
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Scientists discovered a new shark species that glows in the dark originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 09:48:28 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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