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Glow in the dark camels for desert

Israel is lighting up its camels in an attempt to stop fatal collisions between the traditional ship of the desert and motorised ones, an official said in July. Israeli police are sticking phosphorescent strips on the bodies of the camels to serve as warning lights for desert drivers, because of growing numbers of crashes in which both people and camels have died. The Bedouin population of Israel’s southern Negev desert uses both forms of transportation—camels and pickup trucks—and the mix has often been fatal when the two collide in the night. “The …

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