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Day and night reversed at Tobu Zoo for firefly spectacle

January 5, 2018 update!

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Flitting wildly in the Firefly House, about 50 to 200 “heike-botaru” fireflies mesmerize visitors at Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, all year long.

Day and night are reversed inside a 3-meter-high tank to show the fireflies to visitors.

According to zookeeper Tadashi Kaminaga, 37, there are different types of light emitted by adult fireflies. They glow brightly to court mates, while they blink in unison when they are mating. When females lay... (By TOSHIYUKI TAKEYA/ Staff Writer)

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