Interesting facts I think you’ll like from my research on the songs I’m writing!
Chapter 1: Fire Devils
I’ve recently finished writing a verse about lightning bugs in a new song. AKA glowworms, fireflies, moon bugs, and my favorite, fire devils (no I didn’t use this name in the song unfortunately). They are deliciously complex little creatures who’s lights are cold - if they was hot like a light bulb, they’d burn up! The scientific word for their light production is “bioluminescent.” And yes, I DID use the word bioluminescent in the song - the lyric: “A bioluminescent magical fireworks show.” This was after I saw a swarm of glowing fire devils on the on-ramp of I-65 that caught me by surprise. Don’t worry, you’ll hear all about it in the song.
Did you know Viagra plays a roll in their flashing? Nasty little fire devils! Ok not EXACTLY Viagra, but nitric oxide gas is produced when their lights are ON. Which is the same gas produced when, ahem, those magical little man-pills kick in.
So I guess it makes sense that one of the functions of these Viagra emitting males is to woo females and mate. Females will hang out on tree branches looking for a male of the same species. A guy flies around and shows off his best flashes and, when he catches her eye, a lady answers with her own freak flash, then it’s on.
Funny how we are different species all looking for the same thing. ;)