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minus-squarePhlubbaDubba@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·7 months agoTechnically you are, just at a frequency your eyes aren’t tuned to see. Apparently humans actually have zebra stripes when illuminated under the right circumstances.
minus-squareowen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52arrow-down1·7 months agoYeah in the blacklight at the furry con
minus-squarehuginn@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoIdk if blackbody radiation counts as bioluminescence
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoTechnically humans are also photosynthetic just not in a way that’s able to make food.
minus-squareMikufan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoI mean vitamin D is kinda necessary for us to live… So in a way we are…
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·7 months agoWhat’s concerning is figuring out the evolutionary advantage of being able to hide from predators who have eyes 1000x more sensitive to light than anything on Earth…
minus-squareMikufan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoMaybe an Artifact of evolution. That’s what happens when you dont Defragment your DNA every now and then!
Technically you are, just at a frequency your eyes aren’t tuned to see.
Apparently humans actually have zebra stripes when illuminated under the right circumstances.
Yeah in the blacklight at the furry con
Nuh uh. I’m a Scalie.
Idk if blackbody radiation counts as bioluminescence
Technically humans are also photosynthetic just not in a way that’s able to make food.
I mean vitamin D is kinda necessary for us to live…
So in a way we are…
What’s concerning is figuring out the evolutionary advantage of being able to hide from predators who have eyes 1000x more sensitive to light than anything on Earth…
Maybe an Artifact of evolution. That’s what happens when you dont Defragment your DNA every now and then!