A humble Tasmanian devil at the Toledo Zoo in the US state of Ohio has got everyone talking in the first documented case of biofluorescence in the species. Biofluorescence is a phenomenon where an organism absorbs energy from light and re-emits it as a different colour, giving off a glow-in-the-dark type effect.
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Chris Coupland, sanctuary operations manager at the Devils @ Cradle wildlife park at Cradle Mountain, said "it's really interesting to see". "It's known to occur in other animals ... but no, not in devils."
Meg Whitfield
Journalist at the Advocate Newspaper, Burnie, proudly covering Tasmania's North-West and West Coast. Got a tip?
Journalist at the Advocate Newspaper, Burnie, proudly covering Tasmania's North-West and West Coast. Got a tip?
