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Nature · by Hugo Martin · 2026-10-29

Toxic fire salamanders have a secret glow

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Researchers found fire salamanders fluoresce under certain light. Plenty of amphibians do this but we still don't really know why. Signalling? Accident of chemistry?

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Arif Hasan · 5 likes

going out with a UV torch on my next forest walk. for science

Lucas Silva · 0 likes

platypus, scorpions, now salamanders. everything glows if you look hard enough