Osama was grinding up lots of jellyfish and trying to figure this out. And no matter what he does, it fails. He doesn't get a glimmer, so to speak, out of the preparation. Until accident number one. Osama tried his experiments again with some calcium added, and he got a glow. Because of a sink accident, Osama was finally able to isolate the protein that is making these jellyfish glow.
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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