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Sorry, no night light facts but here is a similiar night light...Lightning
bugs or Fireflies!
Why do these creatures glow? The summer evening light shows that you see
are performed by male fireflies. They flash patterns of light to females.
The females signal in response from perches in or near the ground. When
the male sees the female’s flash he continues to signal and moves
closer. Eventually, through a series of flashes, they find each other
and mate. Each species of firefly sends different mating signals. The
light given off by fireflies during their abdominal flashes is called
bioluminescence. It happens when oxygen and the organic compound luciferin
react together in the presence of the enzyme, lucifereace. This creates
light!
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