{"id":37921,"date":"2024-10-30T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=37921"},"modified":"2024-10-30T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:57:09","slug":"attracted-to-light-positive-phototaxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/10\/30\/attracted-to-light-positive-phototaxis\/","title":{"rendered":"Attracted to Light (Positive Phototaxis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-0.mp3\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-0.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-0.mp4\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-0.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-I.mp3\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-I.mp4\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-UU-VII.mp3\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-UU-VII.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-UU-VII.mp4\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-UU-VII.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-Unplugged.mp3\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-Unplugged.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-Unplugged.mp4\"> Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-Unplugged.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-acoustic.mp3\"> Attracted-to-Light-acoustic.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/Attracted-to-Light-electric.mp3\"> Attracted-to-Light-electric.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nAm I forgetting<br \/>\nThe sun is setting<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t leave me in the dark&#8230;<br \/>\n(Regretting)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nChase with all my might<br \/>\n(The fading light)<br \/>\nRun to become one<br \/>\n(Catching the sun)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo]<br \/>\nFlight to the light<br \/>\n(Escaping night)<br \/>\nKeep love in sight<br \/>\n(And shine a light)<br \/>\nI&#8217;m drawn to you (too)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nPositive phototaxis<br \/>\n(Light attracts us)<br \/>\nNo disruption<br \/>\n(Navigation)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nChase with all my might<br \/>\n(The fading light)<br \/>\nRun to become one<br \/>\n(Catching the sun)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nFlight to the light<br \/>\n(Escaping night)<br \/>\nKeep love in sight<br \/>\n(And shine a light)<br \/>\nI&#8217;m drawn to you (too)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nKeep love in sight<br \/>\n(And shine a light)<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nSeveral creatures, besides moths, are drawn to light, a behavior called <em>positive phototaxis<\/em>. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Beetles<\/strong>: Many beetles, especially June bugs, are attracted to lights at night, sometimes in large numbers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flies<\/strong>: Certain types of flies, like crane flies, tend to swarm around light sources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bees<\/strong>: Some species of bees are drawn to light, especially when disturbed at night.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wasps<\/strong>: While not strongly phototactic, some wasps will be drawn to light if it&#8217;s bright enough or if they\u2019re seeking heat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ants<\/strong>: Certain species of ants are drawn to light, especially during nuptial flights when they&#8217;re swarming.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spiders<\/strong>: While spiders aren\u2019t phototactic, they often set up near lights to catch insects attracted to them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birds<\/strong>: Many migratory birds can become disoriented by artificial lights at night, especially during foggy or stormy weather.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sea Turtles<\/strong>: Newly hatched sea turtles are attracted to light, which is normally the reflection of the moon on the ocean but can lead them to artificial lights on shore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bats<\/strong>: Bats are drawn to lights indirectly because they hunt the insects congregating around light sources.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This attraction to artificial lights, especially at night, can disorient animals and disrupt natural behaviors, leading to challenges for some species in navigating their environments.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/what-the\/\">What The?<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/VI\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-0.mp3 Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-0.mp4 Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-I.mp3 Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-I.mp4 Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-UU-VII.mp3 Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-UU-VII.mp4 Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-Unplugged.mp3 Attracted-to-Light-Positive-Phototaxis-Unplugged.mp4 Attracted-to-Light-acoustic.mp3 Attracted-to-Light-electric.mp3 [Verse 1] Am I forgetting The sun is setting Don&#8217;t leave me in the dark&#8230; (Regretting) [Chorus] Chase with all my might (The fading light) Run to become one (Catching the sun) [Bridge] [Instrumental, Saxophone Solo] Flight to the light (Escaping night) Keep love in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,3955,24],"tags":[546,563,4035],"class_list":["post-37921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-what-the"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37921"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37942,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37921\/revisions\/37942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}