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by Brometheus 993 days ago
Why is it on the belly then and not on the back? Countershading?
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Many non mammals have vision that includes UV (birds, reptiles, insects ... ) if any of these hunt the mammal, fluorescence may be a way of not reflecting light the predator can see. Fluorescence must emit a lower frequency and intensity of light than could have been reflected