So THAT'S why I glow in the dark!
Nope, not really. But people do glow in the dark.
From the article, (more charts and pictures)...
You Can't See It, But Humans Actually Glow With Our Own Form of Bioluminescence.
When you hear about bioluminescence, your mind probably jumps to deep-sea creatures like the angler fish, which uses millions of bacteria to make a light appear in front of its head to catch prey and illuminate your nightmares. But what about humans?
According to a study conducted in 2009 by Japanese researchers, human bioluminescence in visible light exists - it’s just too dim for our weak eyes to pick up on.
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As Elliot Bentley sums up for The Guardian, human bioluminescence is "the result of highly reactive free radicals produced through cell respiration interacting with free-floating lipids and proteins".
These excited molecules can then interact with fluorophores, which can emit a photon, and boom, you’re actually glowing.
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Weak eyes, weak ears, weak sense of smell. We really are a bit of a failure as a species...
Sue - Evolution is going to make us deaf, dumb, and blind.
Don't let Republicans know about those "highly reactive free radicals," or next thing you know, they'll be accusing them of storming the Capitol or voting or something.
a bit of a failure as a species
We can't even claim to be the smartest.
A stupid virus is smarter than half of Missourians who won't get vaccinated nor wear a mask.
Yikes!
Bill - They'll claim they don't have any and the left is full of them.
John - Sad but true.
Deb - Yeah, I know! And you know there are predators that can probably see us because of that.
I feel like there was an episode about bioluminescence on X-Files but I am probably wrong.
Matt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa_(The_X-Files)
That explains why some people are able to see our "auras" when all this time I thought they were making stuff up.
I didn't glow in the dark until after my covid vax. Of course, that's when all the silverware started sticking to me, too. So it's hard to see me glowing with all that metal around me.
Seriously, that's interesting. I had never heard this. There was an episode of Grimm with glowing people, too. I was sort of jealous, it looked like fun.
Owls can see us humans coming.
Ami - What color vaccine did you get? Mine was blue.
Kirk - I imagine owls can see a mile in the dark.
River - Good explanation.
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