Just like the platypus, the extinct Tasmanian tiger glows under black light, adding to our early understanding of how animals communicate with their fur.
abc.net.au/news/thylacines-glow-under-ultraviolet-light-tasmanian-tiger/101346906A group of researchers in the United States shone a black light — a type of ultraviolet light — on
Lucie and I approached the institution asking if we could pay their thylacine pelts a visit and shine a black light on them.A new gallery is dedicated to the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger.Museums are very protective of examples of the species as there are about only 50 registered complete pelts in collections around the world.
David Thurrowgood identified a thylacine pelt in New Zealand that is considered to be one of the best-preserved specimens.Conservator David Thurrowgood's imagination was captured when he saw the story about biofluorescent platypuses and he spent the following years finding the equipment to apply the same test to thylacine fur.
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