[Rockhounds] Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea

[Tim Fisher]

Those wacky Newfies!

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A scientist in England has made an enlightening discovery about Atlantic puffins — under a UV light, their bills glow like a freshly cracked glow stick.

"It was sort of discovered by accident," said Jamie Dunning, the ornithologist who first saw the beaks light up.

Dunning normally works with twites, another type of bird, but he had been wondering if puffins had Day-Glo beaks for a while, since crested auklets — seabirds in the same family — also have light-up bills.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/puffin-beaks-flouresce-1.4607386
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