Glow in the Dark Rats Tested
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024
TOWNSVILLE, Australia, June 18 (TNSres) -- James Cook University issued the following news release:
In a world-first experiment, JCU researchers have been using the pelts of dead rats to test if the glow-in-the-dark fur of mammals is being used for secret nocturnal communication.
JCU researcher Linda Reinhold led the study. She said photoluminescence in mammal fur is common.
"Rats, along with bandicoots, possums, bats, tree-kangaroos and many other cre . . .
In a world-first experiment, JCU researchers have been using the pelts of dead rats to test if the glow-in-the-dark fur of mammals is being used for secret nocturnal communication.
JCU researcher Linda Reinhold led the study. She said photoluminescence in mammal fur is common.
"Rats, along with bandicoots, possums, bats, tree-kangaroos and many other cre . . .