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I don't think flying squirrels are the only fluorescent animal. I recently picked up a 3W, 365nm UV light with a visible light filter. I brought it along on o
by 01100011 6y ago
I don't think flying squirrels are the only fluorescent animal. I recently picked up a 3W, 365nm UV light with a visible light filter. I brought it along on our nightly dog walk to play with it and noticed my Yorkie's hair glowed quite a bit(light yellow IIRC).
I highly recommend picking up a real UV light with a visible light filter if all you've ever used are the cheap blacklights that glow purple. You'll never look at your bathroom the same way again.
- zeristor 6y agoIndeed, I listened to a recent Science Versus podcast about how the Platypus is fluorescent, prompted by finding that squirrels glow. The 6th November podcast is all about that, they didn’t have HN in mind since I can’t link to a page for the podcast yet: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/episodes https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/episodes Transcript is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTFNJ2VoWUAhCgKM4tbgEKBBZavPSwWbI1RyckeReHnnGZQ95pbPH53l31fFMpATv8OMEqvSyt267Ta/pub https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTFNJ2VoWUAhCgKM...
- xwdv 6y agoNot sure where to buy one I don’t see it on Amazon.
- 01100011 6y agoSearch for 365nm UV flashlight. I got the Alonefire one, which claims to be 10W but is really 3W. That's fine for what I need and it was cheap so I went with it.
- rurp 6y agoThey aren't mammals but scorpions glow brilliantly under a blacklight.