by Tracing the mysterious green flashes of light produced by a sea snail has revealed a creature built to shine from the inside – and with a shell that may be designed for communication as well as protection.
Typically found in tight clusters or groups at rocky shorelines, the clusterwink snail, or Hinea brasiliana, was known to produce light.
But scientists like Dimitri Deheyn assumed the sea snails did their light thing just like their pals on the land.
Terrestrial snails produce a glowing light from their foot when it's sticking outside the shell.
Not only that, but when the snails retreated into their shells, as snails normally do when startled, they continued to produce light – light that you could see on the outside of the shell.
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Typically found in tight clusters or groups at rocky shorelines, the clusterwink snail, or Hinea brasiliana, was known to produce light.
But scientists like Dimitri Deheyn assumed the sea snails did their light thing just like their pals on the land.
Terrestrial snails produce a glowing light from their foot when it's sticking outside the shell.
Not only that, but when the snails retreated into their shells, as snails normally do when startled, they continued to produce light – light that you could see on the outside of the shell.
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