dinoflaggelates use light to try to drive off predators

Categories: Pseudo-explanations

An example of anthropomorphism:

"these [dinoflaggelates] are these single cell organisms which are producing light – essentially to try to drive off predators"

Dr Christopher Lowe

Dr Christopher Lowe (Lecturer in Marine Biology at Swansea University) was talking on an episode ('Plankton') of 'In Our Time'

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.