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Green Glowing Worms

Deep in the Amazon rainforest of Peru, nature photographer Jeff Cremer discovered a tiny worm that lights up the soil with a green glow.

These strange green glowing worms emerge at night and use their ability to light up, known as bioluminescence, to attract insects. Insects and termites are drawn to the light and will fly right into the open jaws of the worm.

So far the worm has not been identified but it is thought to be the laval stage of a click beetle.

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Credit: Jeff Cremer/Perunature.com