Reporter: How did you discover puffin beaks glow under UV light?
Scientist who brings penguins to raves: Uh, it was an accident.
A U.K. scientists found out by accident that puffin beaks glow under UV light … now they’re trying to figure out why.
Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea | CBC News
Ornithologist Jamie Dunning had the idea to shine a UV light on a puffin in January. The results were spectacular.
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