Who else you gon’ run with, the truth is us
In open water, there is often no place to hide. Some sharks have overcome this problem by making themselves invisible to both prey and predators, according to a new study. (…)
Lead author Julien Claes explained to Discovery News that about 50 different shark species, or more than 10 percent of all known sharks, are luminous. This means they can produce and emit light from their bodies. (…)
“I believe that what most surprised and excited me about this paper was the finding that the emission of light on the ventral surface of the sharks closely resembles the environmental light,” Coelho said, “allowing the sharks to efficiently camouflage themselves by counter-illumination, remaining invisible to both possible predators and potential prey.”
