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Colourful, creative and close up: Wellcome Images 2017
This magnified image of a baby Hawaiian bobtail squid - which has a light organ on its backside that houses a colony of glowing bacteria - is one of the finalists in the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards.
The squid - which measures only 1.5 cm across - provides food and shelter for the bacteria in return for their bioluminescence. The glow is similar to moonlight and starlight, and helps mask its silhouette in the Pacific Ocean - reducing the risk of predator attacks from below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39272111
The squid - which measures only 1.5 cm across - provides food and shelter for the bacteria in return for their bioluminescence. The glow is similar to moonlight and starlight, and helps mask its silhouette in the Pacific Ocean - reducing the risk of predator attacks from below.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39272111
Forget the plumage - look at the blood vessels! (African grey parrot, not Norwegian blue):
and many more at the link.
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