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Jelly Fish

Photo by ArmandoL08
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this picture of a jellyfish was taken at the New England Aquarium...is glowing because of a black lite and does not glow 'naturally' like that...can anyone identify?

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Comments (6)
HeatherMiller
I saw on Nat Geo once that scientist had somehow found out that some birds saw into the infra red or ultraviolet range past the visible spectrum and that's how they spotted some flowers from so high in the sky. I was thinking of that when I posted the comment above.
ArmandoL08
i'm sure the color can be seen by "other" living organisms without the help of a black lite but for us humans-we can not-well, maybe if the sun light was right and the depth and clarity of the water was ok i'm sure we'd see some of its color...no?
HeatherMiller
Given fishing lures...I wonder if some fish see it that way though. Even though we can't see it that way.

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