https://youtu.be/n8JI9CJEEyY The Costasiella sea slug or ‘leaf sheep' and 'Shaun-the-sheep slug' - is a photosynthetic animal. It spends much of its time grazing on marine algae. separates the chloroplasts (the green organelles within a plant's cells that convert sunlight into chemical energy) from the rest of the meal and embeds them in its own tissues, making the slug a rare example of a photosynthetic animal #science #biology #ecology #wildlife #animals #biochemistry #nature
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