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Letter: More on the riddle of the platypus's glowing coat

Published 23 June 2021

From Jonathan Sakula, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada

Following up the question of why the platypus pelt glows under ultraviolet light, I note that your article found such biofluroescence puzzling in a nocturnal animal (8 May, p 41). Isn’t it possible the glow evolved to enable platypuses to locate each another in murky water?

Issue no. 3340 published 26 June 2021

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