WELLCOME IMAGES/MACROSCOPIC SOLUTIONS/MARK R. SMITH
Image of the Day: Lighting Up the Sea
The Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) is a nocturnal predator with a light organ full of bioluminescent bacteria attached to an ink sac, which the animal uses to control the amount of light it releases.
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