Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites (IMAGE)

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Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites

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Fluorescent compounds in the exoskeleton of scorpions make the creatures glow when viewed under a black (ultraviolet) light.

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Adapted from <i>Journal of Natural Products</i> <b>2020</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00972

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