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Fireflies and Internal Light
Do you wonder where fireflies got their internal light? Fireflies actually contain the so-called Luciferin. This substance when combined with oxygen will enable them to produce light. This process is called bioluminescence and they light up to attract the mate. Same is true with angler fish which also produces light, but they use it to catch the prey.
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Rocky at 11:31PM, Oct 17th 2008.
If these bugs use "Luciferin" then why can't we artificially make this substance? If it produces light with oxygen which is abundant in the atmosphere(DUH) then we can save a lot more money than spending billion(the U.S) on researching "Clean Energy" when there is something in the air flying flickering it's light in our face while the stupid researches say hm... What can we do? Let's build 20W light bulbs instead!
Vin at 08:56PM, Oct 18th 2008.
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