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What makes fireflies glow?

dickite

draculin

luciferin

spermine

Luciferin is a generic term for the light-emitting compound found in organisms that generate bioluminescence. Luciferins typically undergo an enzyme-catalysed oxidation and the resulting excited state intermediate emits light upon decaying to its ground state.

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These large insects occupy the same ecological niche in New Zealand, as rodents do elsewhere. What is it?

What is the name of this butterfly species?

Neopalpa donaldtrumpi

Unsightly butterfly

Huskhead neopalda

What is happening here?

a tarantula captured a wasp

a wasp captured a tarantula

both wasp and tarantula captured an ant

it must be photoshopped

Who wrote The Hunger Games trilogy?

Suzanne Collins

Stephenie Meyer