It would seem a bit foolish to put a big cap on the end of a torch, right in the path of the beam of light. But that’s exactly what one type of sea snail does. Hinea brasiliana has a pair of ...

Bizarre bioluminescent snail: Secrets of strange mollusk and its use of light as a possible defense mechanism revealed Date: January 2, 2011 Source: ...

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When threatened, fingernail-sized H. brasiliana generates pulses of bioluminescent light from a single spot on its mushy body. The light pulses are variable, lasting as short as 1/50th of a second ...

Discovering how the snail spreads its light came as a surprise to the researchers since this species of clusterwink features opaque, yellowish shells that would seem to stifle light transmission. But ...

Tracing the mysterious green flashes of light produced by a sea snail has revealed a creature built to shine from the inside – and with a shell that may be designed for communication as well as ...

Scientists explain how bizarre bioluminescent snail emits light. By By Mario Aguilera | 17 Dec 2010. 1.