![]() ![]() “It was a mix of serendipity and curiosity that led us to shine a UV light on the platypuses at the Field Museum. Swimming with their eyes closed, they rely on mechanoreception and electroreception to locate prey underwater,” they wrote. “Platypuses are typically nocturnal–crepuscular and use a suite of unique phenotypic traits to exploit low-light aquatic environments at dawn, dusk, overnight, and in murky water. ![]() The researchers from Northland College in the US published their study on the platypus' luminosity in the journal Mammalia recently. They added that it may have developed the ability to glow in the dark as a way of being able to see each other and other marine creatures in the dark. The scientists revealed the platypus is part of a mammal group called monotremes, which are known to lay eggs but they also nurse their infants with milk. Such a rare feature has only been documented previously in flying squirrels and opossums. But scientists have discovered that its fur can glow green under ultraviolet light, reported Metro UK. The egg-laying, venomous creature has a beaver's tail and uses electrolocation to hunt its prey. It has a sensitive pliable bill shaped like that of a duck, webbed feet with venomous spurs, and dense fur.īut the platypus that we are talking about has one unique feature - it is apparently bio fluorescent. Platypus is are a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal that frequents lakes and streams in eastern Australia. ![]()
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