In natural light for example like full daylight the visible light would swamp out any fluorescence that was detectable to us and probably to platypuses. So basically it could just be a coincidence not something that evolved because it helped animals survive. Is there a reason we're still unsure are these experiments hard to conduct? Is the research too new? Are people sort of not on board with the whole topic yet? Why is this still sort of a mystery?
An accidental discovery on a nighttime walk led one scientist and his team to wonder: How many mammals glow under ultraviolet light? The list keeps growing, but scientists still aren’t sure why these furry creatures glow.
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