This glowing sea shrimp is so bright you might think you’re hallucinating

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By hrichmondFeb 21, 2014, 4:05 pm76 pts
When she saw a bright blue flash in a jar of water she’d collected off the coast of South Africa, jellyfish researcher Rebecca Helm thought she was hallucinating. In reality, she’d spotted the Sapphirina copepod, which she calls a sea sapphire — a tiny shrimp that shimmers with a bright blue glow. When…

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