Fluorescent Millipedes Discovered on Alcatraz

Bay Citizen ^ | 3/21/12 | John Upton

[NormsRevenge]

Millipedes that glow under black lights have been discovered for the first time on Alcatraz.

“There are other millipedes out there that are bioluminescent — they give off their own light,” said Bob Kimsey, an entomology professor at the University of California, Davis, who is investigating whether the fluorescent millipedes are a newly discovered subspecies of Xystocheir dissecta, a species found in the Bay Area and elsewhere. ..

[wally_bert]

Me too on both counts.

[wally_bert]

Me too on both counts.

[februus]

Well then, shouldn’t the Endangered Species Act be invoked to protect the rare flurescent centipede? How about a halt to all Bay Area bath house and needle exchange construction for the next forty or so years?

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Just think what they’d find if they dug up Haight Street.

[NonValueAdded]

reincarnation gone horribly wrong?