These Glow Worm Colonies Turn Dark Caves Into a Planetarium | #DeepLook #Shorts

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1. New Zealand cave glowworms suspend themselves in silk ceiling hammocks and lower dozens of sticky, mucus-beaded silk snare threads into caves.
2. By oxidizing a light-emitting protein, massive colonies emit steady blue bioluminescence that mimics a starry night sky along dark cave roofs.
3. Insects that rely on celestial light cues for flight navigation become disoriented by these false stars and fly upward into adhesive snares.