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It describes luciferase and luciferin reacting with oxygen inside the firefly’s body, turning the process into a soft “firework” glow. The text also connects the glow to communication, likening it to a signal like a torchlight during a dark camping night. It further notes that bioluminescence occurs in other marine creatures.","Why Can't We Glow Like Fireflies?  \nAuthor: Nabanita Deshmukh  \nIllustrator: Samidha Gunjal  \nEnglish Science  \nWhy Can't We Glow Like Fireflies?  \nAuthor: Nabanita Deshmukh  \nIllustrator: Samidha Gunjal Reformatted for Bloom By: Cara Ediger Pratham Books  \nEnglish  \nWhy Can't We Glow Like Fireflies? Author: Nabanita Deshmukh  \nIllustrator: Samidha Gunjal  \nCopyright © 2015, Pratham Books  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nFireflies are small winged insects that glow in the dark but why do they shine and what creates this spark within them?  \nThey’re bright and twinkling like little stars! I wish I could have glowed like them but I can’t! Can anyone tell me why?  \nImagine a dark, moonless night when you have gone camping with your classmates and you lose your way. What would you do? Will you not try contacting your friends by flashing your torchlight?  \nWell, fireflies or ‘lightning bugs’ as they are sometimes called do the same, except that they have an unlimited supply of light within themselves! That is why fireflies never worry about fused light bulbs or electricity tariffs. They seem immensely happy just flying around and glowing-this is their signal to say,“Hey, look! I’m here!”  \nThe glow of the firefly is produced by a protein called luciferase and a pigment called luciferin. 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