Kinda but not quite:
Costasiella kuroshimae are capable of a physiological process called kleptoplasty, in which they retain the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on. Absorbing the chloroplasts from algae then enables them to indirectly perform photosynthesis.[6]
Source: Costasiella kuroshimae
So vampire photosynthesis.
That’s metal af.
Or rogue photosynthesis.
Also metal af
kleptoplasty
I like how it’s appropriate to call it “-plasty” twice (first in the referring to chloroplasts sense, and then again in the plastic surgery sense).
So it’s MegaMan?
This is a god damn Pokemon.
YES
Before you fantasize how this could be used in humans in the future, producing that single thought cost more energy than leaf sheep produce via photosynthesis in their lifetime - feeding of it requires energy efficiency any warm-blooded animal just isn’t suited for.
Still cute though.
Not chlorophyll, but retinol. Purple solar powered humanoids.
The human of the future:
It looks like it was designed by Aardman Animations.
It’s Shaun the Slug!
Looks like the head gear piece my shaman wore in wow a long time ago
Shaun???
Looks more like it has a cows face. Like in cartoons. Two tiny black eyes close together and big nostrils far apart
Symbiotic cyanobacteria?
Cool, now I know how to call my spaceship in the next space game I’m gonna play.
