His faintly glimmering cigar looks fragile and pathetic beside her parasol he is, quite simply, outgunned.

Now, I have a glimmering as to what may have caused this abrupt change of heart but don't make the mistake of thinking that I can be that easily swayed.

In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self defense. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder was one of the first to film this glimmering world. At TED2011, she brings some of her glowing friends onstage, and shows more astonishing footage of glowing undersea life.