In a rare demonstration of secret messaging in animals, a swordtail fish uses ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths as a private courtship channel, biologists now report.
SWORDED AFFAIRS. Male swordtails trail their exaggerated tails. Ryan/G. RosenthalPicture above shows the bright horizontal stripes, in the ultraviolet spectrum, that entice females.
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