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The mollusk lights up using bioluminescence when threatened to distract predators, researchers said.

Some caution that the Olympics could distract from solving the city’s problems.

They are easily distracted and taken advantage of.

Countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia have repeatedly denied accusations they are using sport to distract from their authoritarian regimes' human rights violations, and have accused Western critics of hypocrisy.

According to Gaya, this is part of the larger authoritarian pattern of distracting people from climate change by blaming vulnerable communities.