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    Recent research has discovered that the fur of the platypus glows under ultraviolet (UV) light due to the presence of phosphor in its fur. The platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal found in eastern Australia and Tasmania. When exposed to UV light, the fur of platypus specimens from different museums was found to glow brightly, unlike the fur of an opossum or flying squirrel used for comparison. The fur absorbs UV wavelengths and re-emits visible light wavelengths, causing it to fluoresce under black light.

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    Recent research has discovered that the fur of the platypus glows under ultraviolet (UV) light due to the presence of phosphor in its fur. The platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal found in eastern Australia and Tasmania. When exposed to UV light, the fur of platypus specimens from different museums was found to glow brightly, unlike the fur of an opossum or flying squirrel used for comparison. The fur absorbs UV wavelengths and re-emits visible light wavelengths, causing it to fluoresce under black light.

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    Recent research has discovered that the fur of the platypus glows under ultraviolet (UV) light due to the presence of phosphor in its fur. The platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal found in eastern Australia and Tasmania. When exposed to UV light, the fur of platypus specimens from different museums was found to glow brightly, unlike the fur of an opossum or flying squirrel used for comparison. The fur absorbs UV wavelengths and re-emits visible light wavelengths, causing it to fluoresce under black light.

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    Recent research has discovered that the fur of the platypus glows under ultraviolet (UV) light due to the presence of phosphor in its fur. The platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal found in eastern Australia and Tasmania. When exposed to UV light, the fur of platypus specimens from different museums was found to glow brightly, unlike the fur of an opossum or flying squirrel used for comparison. The fur absorbs UV wavelengths and re-emits visible light wavelengths, causing it to fluoresce under black light.

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    VISIBLE

    LIGHT
    Recent Discovery
    Shining a UV light
    on the glow-in-the-
    dark platypus
    WHAT IS A
    PLATYPUS?
    ● Scientific name: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
    ● A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern
    Australia, including Tasmania.
    ● Sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus.
    HOW DO YOU SAY
    THAT SOMETHING
    GLOWS IN THE DARK?
    Phosphor, which is capable of radiating light
    after it has become energized.
    PLATYPUS FUR GLOWING UNDER UV LIGHT

    OPOSSUM (1983)
    FLYING SQUIRREL (2017)
    THREE PLATYPUS SPECIMENS FROM
    DIFFERENT MUSEUMS

    FEMALE MALE MALE

    Field Museum of University of Nebraska


    Natural History in State Museum
    Chicago
    The fur of the platypus absorbs UV (wavelengths of 200-400
    nanometers) and re-emits visible light (of 500-600 nanometers),
    making it fluoresce.
    PLATYPUS FUR GLOWING UNDER UV LIGHT

    OPOSSUM (1983)
    FLYING SQUIRREL (2017)

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