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- tryother3
Elysia chlorotica not only resembles a leaf, but uses plant-type cells to draw energy from the sun, too! This remarkable seaslug is able to extract chloroplasts from the algae it feeds on and incorporate them into their own tissues. The young slugs feed on algae and digest everything but the photosynthesising organelles, which are stored in the intestine and then actually taken up by the host cells themselves. The chloroplasts remain fully functional for up to a year, and nourish the slug cells by providing sugars generated in photosynthesis – it has been demonstrated that the animals can survive several months on this energy source alone.Organelles: Anatomical components of a cell, such as the nucleus and mitochondria.
- scarabin1
- trim that bushhotroddy
- look at me look at me look at meBennn
- that said, this is pretty sickBennn
- I loved it when our pet peacock did this.monospaced
- tryother2
- I could never forget you, Nudibranch.iCanHazQBN
- This slug is really into Roger Dean album coversfuturefood
- drgs3
- sarahfailin0
- the shitty quality makes it look cgi but I swear it is realsarahfailin
- yeah looks fake, but why would the whale do that to be a dick? lol_niko
- wow, apparently it's a thing and has been documented before_niko
- http://www.sciencema…_niko
- wow, nevermind. this is totally fucking fake. what a chump am i
https://www.youtube.…sarahfailin - but yes, humpbacks have a reputation of doing this, even if this clip is fake as fusarahfailin
- humpbacks eat people whole and slowly digest them over years, the bible said so.moldero