Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea

Scientists have even made special sunglasses for puffins so they can check out the phenomenon in the wild


'It’s amazing, a real fluorescence,' said English scientist Jamie Dunning, who discovered puffin beaks glow under UV light. (Submitted by Jamie Dunning) A scientist in England has made an enlightening discovery about Atlantic puffins — under a UV light, their bills glow like a freshly cracked glow stick. "It was sort of discovered by accident," said Jamie Dunning, the ornithologist who first saw the beaks light up.


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