Synchronized Fireflies


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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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When I was little I was afraid of certain dark places in my house... until I read a story where a character says "I'm not afraid of monsters in the dark, because I *am* the monster". From then on I went boldly into the dark thinking "I pity whatever it is that runs into me in here". :) Got me over it. Heh.
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