BIOLUMINESENCE

Have you ever wondered how a firefly emits light? How a squid can make blue flashes ? Well, bioluminescence answers that question.

Bioluminescence is natural made light by animals. This is because of special bacteria permanently trapped in there body.

Bioluminescence is used for three reasons. For a anglerfish, for example, they use there lures to attract fish to there terrifying set of teeth.

Copepods, such as the one above, use there bioluminescence in two ways. They can be used to find a mate, or to distract a predator by shooting something like bioluminescence glue. It will then be stuck to a predatory fish, leaving it vulnerabile

Bioluminescence is a big thing to me, since I would like to get a career in marine biology. My favorite creature in finding nemo was the angler fish, and, as discussed, anglerfish use bioluminescence

I HAVE A VIDEO FOR YOU TO WATCH! A QUIZ TO!!

• What is bioluminescence?
• What are three ways it is used?
• What is my inspiration for bioluminescence?
• Pleas watch https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UXl8F-eIoiM

Fun fact, red light is very rare in glowing animals. Very few animals emit red light.