{"id":123173,"date":"2024-08-28T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/28\/in-a-first-these-bats-were-found-to-have-toes-that-glow\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:55:05","slug":"in-a-first-these-bats-were-found-to-have-toes-that-glow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/28\/in-a-first-these-bats-were-found-to-have-toes-that-glow\/","title":{"rendered":"In a first, these bats were found to have toes that glow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019ve heard of jazz hands? Well, these bats have glow toes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When ultraviolet light shines onto the Mexican free-tailed bat\u2019s extraordinarily hairy toes, they light up like a Christmas tree. That\u2019s because the animals have bristly structures that are capable of UV-induced photoluminescence<\/a>, researchers report August 8 in Mammalian Biology<\/em>. The finding marks the first time photoluminescent structures have been reported in live bats, and places Mexican free-tailed bats on an ever-growing list of creatures that can absorb UV light and reemit it at a different wavelength.<\/p>\n\n\n