Chameleons Have Glow-In-The-Dark Bones
By Madison Dapcevich
16 Jan 2018, 17:37
Chameleons have long been regarded for their vibrant display of skin coloration and their incredibly adapted ways to signal social cues and communication. Now, scientists have discovered another trick tucked up the reptile’s sleeves – ahem, skin.
A new study has found that the small rounded projections on the bones around the face, known as tubercles, fluoresce blue under UV lights – basically, their bones glow in the dark. The tubercles come out of the bones of the skull and displace all but one thin layer of skin to create a sort of transparent “window†onto the bone.
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/chameleons-have-glowinthedark-bones-and-may-be-using-this-to-get-lucky/
