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Glow worms glimmer on cue

Aug 18, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researcher and lecturer Dr David Merritt has discovered Tasmanian cave glow-worms are energy conservationists: they switch their lights off at night-time.

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