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The glow of the firefly functions

                                                                                                                     like a light switch and is

                                                                                                                     periodically turned on and off by
                                                                                                                     the insect. It does this by sending

                                                                                                                     a special ‘message’ from its brain

                                                                                                                     to the ‘light organ’ inside its
                                                                                                                     body that is its abdomen and

                                                                                                                     soon the chemical reaction
                                                                                                                     begins and the glow is produced!































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