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Mysterious glowing mammals : an unexpected discovery sparks a scientific investigation / Maria Parrott-Ryan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 56 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781728460413
  • 1728460417
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A backyard discovery -- The investigation begins -- Another big surprise -- Bring in the chemists -- What's next -- Author's note -- Glossary -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- For the curious -- Index.
Summary: "One night a scientist discovered something surprising in his own backyard : a flying squirrel that glowed bright pink! Follow along on an investigation into flying squirrels -- and other mammals -- that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light"-- Provided by publisher.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 599 P263 Available 33111011092604
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 599 P263 Available 33111011206840
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 599 P263 Available 33111011137599
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Late one night, ecologist Jonathan Martin was searching for tree frogs in his Wisconsin backyard when he made an unexpected discovery. As he shined an ultraviolet flashlight in the direction of a high-pitched chirp, Martin saw a flash of bright pink at his bird feeder. That pink glow was coming from a flying squirrel. What was going on?

You're probably familiar with some kinds of glowing animals. Fireflies light up summer nights. Bioluminescent jellyfish and other sea creatures fill our oceans. But some animals glow only under ultraviolet light. This is called biofluorescence. That flying squirrel Martin found turned out to be one of the first-ever recorded sightings of a biofluorescent mammal.

Follow along with Martin and his colleagues as they delve into the mystery of the flying squirrels and discover that they aren't the only glowing mammals out there!

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A backyard discovery -- The investigation begins -- Another big surprise -- Bring in the chemists -- What's next -- Author's note -- Glossary -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- For the curious -- Index.

"One night a scientist discovered something surprising in his own backyard : a flying squirrel that glowed bright pink! Follow along on an investigation into flying squirrels -- and other mammals -- that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 9-14 Millbrook Press.

Grades 4-6 Millbrook Press.

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