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Mysterious 'Glow Worm' Discovered in the Peruvian Rainforest
http://www.livescience.com/48789-peru-glow-worms-discovered.htmlMysterious 'Glow Worm' Discovered in the Peruvian Rainforest
A mysterious glowing worm has been discovered lighting up the soil in the Peruvian rainforest.
The strange glow worms, which are thought to be the larval stage of an as-yet-unidentified species of beetle, may use their phosphorescence to lure unsuspecting flies and ants into their waiting, open jaws.
Ants or termites will "fly right into their jaws, and then they'll just clamp shut and that's their meal," said Aaron Pomerantz, an entomologist who works with a rainforest expedition company at the Refugio Amazonas near the Tambopata Research Center in Peru, where the glowing larvae were discovered.
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