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It Turns Out That Southeastern Pocket Gophers Glow in the Dark, and Scientists Don't Know Why
Southern Living ^
| 29 September 2021
| Meghan Overdeep
Posted on 09/29/2021 2:19:27 AM PDT by blueplum
Spending most of its life below ground has allowed the Southeastern pocket gopher to harbor a fascinating secret. Apparently, the rodent native to Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, glows in the dark.
"It's kind of an indescribable blend of purple and blue and pink," J.T. Pynne, the scientist who made the discovery, told WABE....
(Excerpt) Read more at southernliving.com ...
TOPICS: Gardening; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: biofluorescence; gophers; uvlight
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why would a gopher glow?
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:19:27 AM PDT
by
blueplum
To: blueplum
70’s wall posters are the rage in gopher communities.
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:26:13 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
To: blueplum
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:28:40 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
To: blueplum
Why does a woodchuck chuck wood?
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:28:41 AM PDT
by
Fury
To: blueplum
should be called glowpher... 😁...
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:31:04 AM PDT
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: blueplum
"It's kind of an indescribable blend of purple and blue and pink,That you really can't see unless you shine an ultraviolet flashlight on them........
FWIW, you can find tomato worms on your tomato plants at night with the flashlight because they will glow too......
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:39:42 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:51:13 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
To: blueplum
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posted on
09/29/2021 2:54:08 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html) )
To: blackdog
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posted on
09/29/2021 3:02:02 AM PDT
by
servo1969
To: blueplum
What about pocket gerbils?
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posted on
09/29/2021 3:38:05 AM PDT
by
Fester Chugabrew
(No nation that sanctions the wholesale slaughter of its unborn citizens is fit to endure.)
To: Hot Tabasco
"FWIW, you can find tomato worms on your tomato plants at night with the flashlight because they will glow too......"
I feel so silly. I would set a chair out by my tomato plants and a six pack of beer and stare at the leaves for hours to see one shake a bit to find those damned worms. You are saying all I need it a flashlight at night!!??
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posted on
09/29/2021 3:39:18 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
To: blueplum
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posted on
09/29/2021 3:43:48 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: blackdog
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posted on
09/29/2021 3:45:47 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: Magnum44
Everytime “I’m Alright” comes on the radio I will do that little dance. Drives my daughter nuts.
(Totally worth it!)
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posted on
09/29/2021 4:04:25 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
"Everytime “I’m Alright” comes on the radio I will do that little dance"
So you've got that going for you...Which is nice...
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posted on
09/29/2021 4:09:18 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
To: GreenLanternCorps
At the time the movie came out I was Danny. Same age. Same prospects. Same romantic frustrations. Same lumberyard. Same social class.
Brilliant movie.
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posted on
09/29/2021 4:12:22 AM PDT
by
blackdog
(Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
To: blackdog
A Black Light flashlight.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-1OnAgKC9U&t=12s
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posted on
09/29/2021 4:19:55 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Without potatoes, life has no meaning......)
To: blueplum
It was recently discovered that platypuses also glow.
To: Hot Tabasco
"FWIW, you can find tomato worms on your tomato plants at night with the flashlight because they will glow too...... Scorpions will also glow under a black light.
To: blueplum
Great glowing gophers, Batman!
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posted on
09/29/2021 5:11:58 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
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