Flying squirrels glow pink thanks to fluorescence

Re:Flying squirrels glow pink thanks to fluorescence by 01100011 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @01:02PM (#25027464)

I don't think flying squirrels are the only fluorescent animal. I recently picked up a 3W, 365nm UV light with a visible light filter. I brought it along on our nightly dog walk to play with it and noticed my Yorkie's hair glowed quite a bit(light yellow IIRC).

I highly recommend picking up a real UV light with a visible light filter if all you've ever used are the cheap blacklights that glow purple. You'll never look at your bathroom the same way again.

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Re:Flying squirrels glow pink thanks to fluorescence by zeristor on Sunday November 08, 2020 @01:30PM (#25027696)

Indeed, I listened to a recent Science Versus podcast about how the Platypus is fluorescent, prompted by finding that squirrels glow.

The 6th November podcast is all about that, they didn’t have HN in mind since I can’t link to a page for the podcast yet: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/episodes

Transcript is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTFNJ2VoWUAhCgKM...

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Re:Flying squirrels glow pink thanks to fluorescence by xwdv on Sunday November 08, 2020 @01:33PM (#25027732)

Not sure where to buy one I don’t see it on Amazon.

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Re:Flying squirrels glow pink thanks to fluorescence by 01100011 on Sunday November 08, 2020 @04:49PM (#25029406)

Search for 365nm UV flashlight. I got the Alonefire one, which claims to be 10W but is really 3W. That's fine for what I need and it was cheap so I went with it.

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Re:Flying squirrels glow pink thanks to fluorescence by rurp on Sunday November 08, 2020 @02:05PM (#25028036)

They aren't mammals but scorpions glow brilliantly under a blacklight.

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