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Old 12-07-2009, 02:17 AM   #34 (permalink)
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...so I can't create a super efficient bio-lume source that only requires a few calories
quite a number of species can do bio-luminescence, it is an interesting bit of convergent evolution, but it is still seems somewhat energy intensive as most species only do it occasionally. So I don't know how realistic the "few calories" part will be.
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