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1 month ago

Meet the Solar-Powered Slug That Steals Photosynthetic Machinery from Algae for Emergency Food

Sea slugs possess specialized compartments that store and maintain functional chloroplasts, allowing them to photosynthesize.
The slugs can consume stored chloroplasts for energy in times of scarcity.
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