Shining Fish!

Did you know that some fish glow in the dark? Did you know you may be eating fish that can glow in the dark?

The other day, or rather evening, the lights went off. For a long, long time! At first I used the UPS to power a small light, but that didn't last long. Later on, I went to light a candle which was in the kitchen when I was distracted by a slight light on the platform. I went to inspect it, thinking that some faint light coming in through the window was shining on it. But though I blocked any light that could come through the window, the shine was still there. Faint, weirdly cool, stable luminescence. Then I made out that there was something in a bowl that had small glowing specks. It was the fish my mother kept to marinate!

This fish called Bombay duck, or Bombil shares many characteristics of fish living at a great depth in an ocean. It has phosphorescence that causes it to glow at night. Some good info at http://www.clovegarden.com/ingred/sf_bumaz.html and http://www.indianetzone.com/43/bombay_duck.htm

Though I think this glowing fish is cool, I do not like to eat Bombay duck!