Getting a glow on

Pink squirrels and green sharks—why do so many animals ‘glow’ in UV light?

“You’d stop by the side of the road and find something dead and turn your torch on it, and it was just dazzling,” she says. “And just time after time, going through the freezers at the university… it was like a box of chocolates!”

Well, the chocolates thing might be a bit of a stretch. But still

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