Thursday, January 31, 2019

Crustacean's dazzling light displays

Evolution is a rich and dynamic process. Species respond to pressures in a variety of ways, most of which reduce to finding food, avoiding becoming someone else's food and attracting a mate. To solve that last one the animal kingdom is replete with fantastic, bizarre and mesmerizing adaptions. The bioluminescent courtship displays of ostracods may encapsulate all three.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2MIUlwb

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