Bioluminescence

 

Out in the ocean, where strange things are growing

(Jellies and fishes and creepies unknown)

You might be surprised how many are GLOWING,

With Halloween faces that chill to the bone.

At twilight depths, where darkness meets light

Life's a grim game of hide-and-go-seek,

A massive migration when day turns to night,

All eyes are peeled for a peek.

If you've got the right stuff (or bacterial friends):

Some luciferin and luciferase,

You can flash, you can glow from your eyes to your ends --

And put on a show to amaze!

"I'm not good to eat," "I'd like to have sex,"

"You're blind, now I'll run away,"

"My belly's the sky," and subjects complex,

Such wonderful things you can say!


http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/328/5979/704

 

Friday, May 14, 2010

 
 
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