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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

NSF Spends $82,525 to Study Self-Defense by Millipedes

By Melanie Hunter November 26, 2013
The National Science Foundation spent $82,525 on a one-year grant to study on the self-defense of bioluminescent millipedes.“Animals use myriad strategies to avoid predation -- camouflage, spines, and toxins are among a few. Animals that are toxic, inedible, or otherwise noxious often advertise this by a warning signal, for example the yellow and black stripes of a yellowjacket or the rattle of a snake,” the award abstract said.“Bioluminescent millipedes, known only from California, are defended with cyanide and their green-blue glow is hypothesized to be a nocturnal warning signal,” the award abstract added. - See more at:
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