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From the Vault: Creature with the Crystal Skin

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Benefits of Translucency in Birds

wings wouldn't work of course if they just had holes in them instead they actually had to evolve layers of cells in their wings thin layers of cells that would allow light to pass right through. There are also strategic limitations to camouflage via transparency especially on land some aquatic animals use transparency for camouflage and we'll get more into that in a bit when i know there's some examples you wanted to talk about rob.

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