That's like saying 'light comes in lots of colours' to the question 'why is the sky blue'. It's not an answer to 'why' it's just a dismissal of the question being interesting. You're assuming it's the oil. Mammals that aren't aquatic are bioluminescent. Some animals use this for a specific purpose. If the platypus use it for anything is likely the 'not fully understood' part.
Good point. Silly stupid scientists that went to school for years and studied this stuff for even more years can't possibly know what they are talking about! You are a genius for noticing the obvious mistake of the scientists, thanks for clearing this up.
One would assume the title's referring to scientists not sure why the *oil* would be luminescent under UV light, not why the platypus would have said oil.
It makes sense for smaller / prey animals since many birds can see UV-A light. Camouflage within the red-to-violet spectrum is useless when you stand out in UV vision. This problem could be solved by absorbing UV light and re-emitting it as a different wavelength. Maybe platypuses had avian predators at some point in the past.
Level21Magikarp
MechAegis
What does blue mean?
TexMexHex
Imho, best one yet, next to MOUTH.....
RabeMeansRaven
one step back in time. /gallery/buUq0NE
Merky600
Bought uv light, went to the kids bathroom. “ Hey Honey, come here. I wanna show you something.”
Mithi
DarkMagic1516
I like how "same old, same old" refers to the stain already on the bed and toilet. Like ya'll never change the sheats?
OMGthisnameisnttaken
This joke is deeper than either titanic.
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vegivamp
Have you ever heard of Dunning-Kruger?...
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That's like saying 'light comes in lots of colours' to the question 'why is the sky blue'. It's not an answer to 'why' it's just a dismissal of the question being interesting. You're assuming it's the oil. Mammals that aren't aquatic are bioluminescent. Some animals use this for a specific purpose. If the platypus use it for anything is likely the 'not fully understood' part.
NoNameFred
But, why would they use that specific oil? What benefit did it evolve over a non-uv-reactive oil?
KaptainObveeus
Good point. Silly stupid scientists that went to school for years and studied this stuff for even more years can't possibly know what they are talking about! You are a genius for noticing the obvious mistake of the scientists, thanks for clearing this up.
4vie
One would assume the title's referring to scientists not sure why the *oil* would be luminescent under UV light, not why the platypus would have said oil.
CodeWarrior
That Shining carpet though. The Overlook has seen some shit.
anaberration
flexstar
ArchMagos
justplainvanilla
Wulph421
TheRealTR8R
God I love that "Yeah!"
FranzRantanenArt
Magus25
Mouth...
gablestout
djfatstyles
American possums glow orange under UV light.
lordfwahfnah
Nividian
The joke is that platypi actually glow blue under a blacklight
RegionofThud
Two words: platypus bukkake
AbsoluteThunderMuppet
DevilishGuy123
ya I lolled
FuturamaReferences
This is a “NaturalHabitatShort from YouTube. Funny content! Give credit where credit it due!
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HufflePuffPuff
Credit where it's due? Hitler did kill Hitler... Way to go, Hitler!
JadeNB1729
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zxf2MgYCOm0
notacobra
It's such a mild grin. Every single clip is just a gentle chuckle and then you're done. I like it.
JorElmasterofscheduling
BleedingQuasar
Thesaya
@OP how about some credit for the creators?
HenchMenInc
jaffah
Am I the only one that sees the "blue" here as a shade of green?
akelamishari
My brain also things it’s closer to green/yellow but I think it’s due to different color naming
UnpinionedPoplars
No, it's white and gold
BigRedTX
PixelSprite64
Same old same old here, nothing out of the ordinary
disposabledom
That's hot. Someone found their humiliation kink and I'm here for it.
ssomed
So platypus and scorpions glow. Anything else?
EroticZombiePants
Quite a few: https://howitsee.com/animals-that-glow-in-black-light/ ... also certain frogs.
Dakar485
Apparently squirrels have patches of hot pink under their forelimbs.
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
It makes sense for smaller / prey animals since many birds can see UV-A light. Camouflage within the red-to-violet spectrum is useless when you stand out in UV vision. This problem could be solved by absorbing UV light and re-emitting it as a different wavelength. Maybe platypuses had avian predators at some point in the past.
hippocampus
your mom. (sorry, I just had to)
TheRealTR8R
Me if you play your cards right (Sorry)
parismaker
Platorpions as well.
SteveMND
I'm happy that when this is reposted here, it's now being done so with the original title that helps to explain the joke behind it.
StevieTheAussie
Yeah this the first I’ve seen of the context; I just assumed it was a jizz-joke.
TexMexHex
You are Australian....and did not get it without the context provided? Im Texan, and i guffawed
vegivamp
Well, you're Texas, everyone knows you're going to be loud.
IceNein
Well it is, but it’s funnier if you know that it’s also a misunderstanding.
StevieTheAussie
But it’s not ‘just’ a jizz joke though.
NuclearMonk
One of the less popular butter substitutes