10 Fascinating Bioluminescent Organisms


	10 Fascinating Bioluminescent Organisms
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8-22-2009 12:18 PM
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8-22-2009 1:49 PM
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Fascinating info - utterly beautiful creatures. Life is amazing.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1ca6c828-adeb-41ab-8aa8-2b97918b5f37/F471974A-28A5-4C62-9631-691F3635FEB1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx" href="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.oddee.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top1.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Glowing Mushrooms <SMALL>(Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/E1443991-7719-4D1D-9D2C-9B18F02EBABE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><SPAN>During Japan's rainy season, a glow-in-the-dark <SPAN><INPUT readOnly="false" type="hidden" height="0" hspace="0" maxLength="2147483647" width="0" CHECKED="false" indeterminate="false" vspace="0" size="20" name="IL_MARKER" />mushroom</SPAN> begins to sprout in Wakayama prefecture. The Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms sprout from fallen chinquapin trees and as they grow, a </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top2.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Hawaiian Bobtail Squid <SMALL>(Euprymna scolopes)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/8B5EC373-7FF6-45FF-B587-A6525E00E66C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><SPAN> of the <SPAN>deep ocean</SPAN>, some animals create their own light. Among these is the Hawaiian bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes, which forms a partnership with the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. The squid houses colonies of these bacteria in </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top3.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Alarm jellyfish <SMALL>(Atolla wyvillei)</SMALL> </H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/FAE595C1-A527-42E9-AED6-1AB978A889BA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><SPAN>Some animals use their bioluminescence to "scream" for help. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top4.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Jack-O-Lantern mushroom <SMALL>(Omphalotus olearius)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/62CDE257-6AA2-4B48-A4AD-48E4204A2289" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><SPAN>Through metabolic and physiological functions, all living things must 
produce and ultimately dispose of waste. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top5.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Luminescent Panellus <SMALL>(Panellus stipticus)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/7B3777AC-71AE-4F99-800C-FBB45A88AECC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top6.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Ctenophore Bathocyroë</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/EFACFFAC-15A2-4E6B-B682-75AF4BF1BB85" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top7.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Dinoflagellates</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/0EAB3E9D-CDFA-44C4-B2C2-C56C9654B909" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top8.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Crystal jelly <SMALL>(Aequorea Victoria)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/EC9B343C-B51B-4D03-9548-4420311EEE6B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top9.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Glow worm <SMALL>(Lampyris noctiluca)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/41A7036D-2080-47F8-BC1E-5121387B0CB0" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><H2><IMG height="19" hspace="3" src="http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top10.gif" width="19" align="absMiddle" vspace="0" /> Fireflies <SMALL>(Photinus pyralis)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.oddee.com/img/B548284A-8357-433D-BE37-D0EB4B0C00E1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.oddee.com/item_96794.aspx">Fireflies or lightning bugs make light within their bodies. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F471974A-28A5-4C62-9631-691F3635FEB1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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