Opacity show doesn't works

[sanbor]

It's weird, but when I do $('span').animate({'opacity', 'show'}, 5000); doesn't work, but if I use 1, works great.

Working example: ​http://jsfiddle.net/DBr7c/

[sindresorhus]

Thanks for taking the time to contribute to the jQuery project!

Please provide us with the browsers you experienced the problem in and a better description of what you're trying to do and what doesn't work.

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