I just got to see a different species of kleptoplastic sea slugs in the wild last month, on a kayak tour of the mangroves around Key West. Our guide scooped some lettuce sea slugs up in a plastic container (and then returned them safely). They were bigger, about 3 inches long, with a wavy/frilly green border. It made my biologist heart very happy!
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Ericson2314 32 minutes ago [-]
I remember as a kid wondering if we could give humans chlorolaplasts.
rustyhancock 6 minutes ago [-]
I believe that mitochondria and chloroplast both were originally independent single celled organisms.
So kind of funny that, chloroplast is being "stolen" again by this sea slug.
makoai 25 minutes ago [-]
Real Life Bulbasaur
stavros 2 hours ago [-]
Life is amazing.
squigz 2 hours ago [-]
Stuff like this really makes you wonder what life might look like out in the universe.
explodes 2 hours ago [-]
Some things on Earth (especially in the ocean) you'd think were extraterrestrial... What a gift to still be able to find such amazing animals out there.
Things inside this house are indeed outside that house.
idiotsecant 1 hours ago [-]
Makes you imagine a world with high solar power density and maybe lower gravity or something where larger land animals might be realistically supplemented by solar energy as well.
tbrownaw 43 minutes ago [-]
Closer to the sun (high solar power density) and smaller (lower gravity)... I think we actually have one of those nearby?
lukan 13 minutes ago [-]
Some infinite water supply would be probably helpful there.
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So kind of funny that, chloroplast is being "stolen" again by this sea slug.
I really like this version of it personally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg
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