Crab and coral fluorescing underwater under blue light. Some species of underwater animals emit a fluorescent glow. It is thought the glow may attract

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Crab and coral fluorescing underwater under blue light. Some species of underwater animals emit a fluorescent glow. It is thought the glow may attract symbiotic algae, or protect the the organism from the intense ultraviolet light of the sun in shallow water. Photographed Tondoba Bay, Red Sea, Egypt.

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