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Light-stealing animal the first found to 'import' its bioluminescent power

New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News [Unofficial] June 1, 2026
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The rules of biology have been torn up by a small fish in the Pacific that steals light-producing molecules from its food in the only known example of kleptoproteinism.

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Category: Biology, Science

Tags: Tohoku University, Fish, Ocean, Bioluminescence, Animal science, Marine Biology, Genome, DNA, Evolution

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