A clam known as the disco clam has the ability to reflect light! What is causing this? Trace explains how this clam has such a unique feature, and discusses a few other animals that have cool party tricks!
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Disco Clams Use Silica Strip To Make Light Shows (Video)
http://www.autoworldnews.com/articles/7973/20140625/disco-clams-use-silica-strip-to-make-light-shows.htm
“Renowned for their flashy displays of light, disco clams were previously thought to be bioluminescent, but a new study claims the mollusks actually put on light shows because of their reflective tissues.”
How the Flashy Disco Clam Lights Up the Sea
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/06/25/flashy-disco-clam-lights-sea/#.U6shOxb0_3B
“The only known species of bivalve capable of performing a flashy light show with its lips is the appropriately named disco clam.”
Pfeffer’s Flamboyant Cuttlefishes
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=557
“Pfeffer’s flamboyant cuttlefishes, Metasepia pfefferi (Hoyle, 1885), are truly amazing animals and well named.”
Metasepia pfefferi
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Metasepia_pfefferi/
“Pfeffer’s flamboyant cuttlefish, Metasepia pfefferi, is found in Tropical Indo-Pacific oceans, especially along the coast of northern Australia, western Australia, and across to the southern edge of New Guinea.”
Introducing The Flamboyant Cuttlefish
http://www.science20.com/squid_day/introducing_flamboyant_cuttlefish
“Speaking of cephalopods which have surprised by not being too heavy to fly after all, I was reminded of one little cuttlefish who is actually too heavy to swim: Metasepia pfefferi, or Pfeffer’s Flamboyant Cuttlefish.”
Anglerfish
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/anglerfish/
Cane Toads
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/cane-toad/
5 Animals That Love To Party (For Real)
http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/animals-love-party-real
“A lot of people consider themselves to be party animals. In nature there are actual party animals.”
Are there really hallucinogenic frogs?
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/amphibians/hallucinogenic-frog1.htm
“In the 1980s, the Australian government outlawed the consumption of cane toad excretions under the Drug Misuse Act.”
How does catnip work its magic on cats?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-how-does-catnip-work-on-cats/
“Cats, from our domestic companions to lions and tigers, are exquisitely susceptible to a volatile oil found in the stems and leaves of the catnip plant.”
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