VIDEO: The frog shines after eating a firefly

ADN40 – Frogs are amphibians that feed on small bugs and when they do, they catch flying insects such as flies, butterflies and fireflies

However, l? ingestion of these insects can cause quite curious reactions. Amphibians

Recently, residents of the city of Tennessee, United States, caught a frog that was outside his house shining after eating a firefly.

In the video can be seen as a fact witness, records the amphibian, which is prostrate on a wall and shows how the frog's interior lights whenever it's crunches.

Although at first, one might believe that the interior of the reptile shines because the firefly is alive, this is not the case, the shine occurs due to a chemical reaction inside the animal that creates a "bioluminescent" enzyme, this process occurs when oxygen is combined and calcium with the participation of substances luciferin and luciferase.