[Rockhounds] fluorescent cat (OT)

[Axel Emmermann]

Hi Kitty,

The right word would indeed be fluorescent or, more generally, luminescent.
Glow-worms or fireflies are bioluminescent. 
There is a genetically altered pig somewhere out there that really glow in
the dark and thus is phosphorescent. If you fry the pork chops they gleam at
you  with a tasty green glow. YUK.

Soon we will use UV money checkers to see if we have a real cat????

Cheers
Axel

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> Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] fluorescent cat (OT)
> 
> Off topic, but I thought the glowhounds among us might like seeing a
> fluorescent cat.  I know other creatures have been made to glow under LW
> UV (mice were done here at the University of Hawaii), but this is the
> first cat I've seen.  As usual the press sometimes makes mistakes, like
> say it "glows in the dark" as if it did so without exposure to UV light,
> and one source said it was "phosphorescent." You can find several URLs
> with just the fluorescent cat subject, but here's a fairly good limk:
> 
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27338236/
> 
> Aloha, Kitty
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