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Science

WillParkinson

(16,862 posts) Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:35 PM Oct 2020

Leaf Sheep: The Animal that Photosynthesizes

https://returntonow.net/2020/08/15/leaf-sheep-the-only-animal-that-can-photosynthesize/

Leaf sheep are one of the strangest kinds of animals on the planet.

They look like a farm animal, act like a plant, and live in the sea!

The little sea slugs are technically animals, but like plants, they get most of their energy from the sun.

When leaf sheep eat algae, they suck out the chloroplasts and incorporate them into their own bodies in a process called kleptoplasty.