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Fireflies
Fireflies produce light through a chemical reaction called bioluminescence that is nearly <hl>100% efficient</hl> — almost no energy is lost as heat. For comparison, a standard incandescent light bulb wastes 90% of its energy as heat.
SrcNational Geographic

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