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Bioluminescent Organisms

Angler Jellyfish:

   “Of all the luminous organisms in

   the sea, only a few are thought to

   use light to lure prey, and fewer

   still have been known to make

   red light.”

 

Benttooth Bristlemouth, see fish . . .

 

Bioluminescence, examples: “In the

   oceans, bioluminescence is the rule,

   not the exception.”

 

Bioluminescence overview:

   “Bioluminescence is light

    produced by a chemical

   reaction within an organism.”

 

Bioluminescence Web Page

  

Birds (owls, esp. barn owls),

   see Min Min Light

 

Cuttlefish, bioluminescent

 

Dinoflagellates “ . . . exist  

   continuously in a dynamic fluid  

   environment.”

 

Earthworm bioluminescence

 

Fireflies

 

Fish, bioluminescent

 

 

Lightning Bugs, see fireflies

 

Min Min Light, a book review:

   “What does a barn owl have in

   common with mysterious lights

   with names like Min Min, Will

   o’ the Wisp, and Jack o’ Lantern?

   Everything.” Jonathan Whitcomb

   reviews the book, The Min Min

   Light, The Visitor Who Never

   Arrives, by F. F. Silcock.

 

Octopus, bioluminescent

 

Owls, glowing, see Min Min Light

 

Pettigrew, Professor: another idea on

   mysterious lights in Australia

 

Phosphorescent seas, see

   Dinoflagellates

 

Pterosaurs, bioluminescent,

   see also Ropen

 

Red Tides, see Dinoflagellates

 

Refraction, see Pettigrew

 

Ropen: a pterodactyl-like creature

   in Papua New Guinea, esp. Umboi Is.

   see also Bioluminescence overview

 

Silcock, see Min Min Light

 

Will o’ the Wisp, see Min Min Light