Synchronized Fireflies

By Miss Cellania in Animals & Pets, Video Clips on Jun 17, 2009 at 1:54 pm


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Mid-June in east Tennessee means fireflies that flash in unison!

In 1995, scientists confirmed the existence of the Great Smoky Mountain synchronized fireflies, and have subsequently discovered other populations in the Congaree Swamp in South Carolina and other high altitude locations in the Appalachian mountains. As this curious phenomenon remained undiscovered for years, it is quite possible that there are other varieties of fireflies blinking in unison throughout the United States, perhaps even in your own backyard.

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  1. LisaL
    Jun 17th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Pretty darn cool. Love fireflies

  2. Babycakes
    Jun 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    it would be cooler if it had some kind of music.

  3. apathesis
    Jun 19th, 2009 at 12:34 am

    seems like a good survival trick, by flashing in unison it is harder to single them out?


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