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minus-squaremaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up84·edit-24 months agoKinda 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
minus-squareSolarMonkey@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 months agoSo vampire photosynthesis. That’s metal af.
minus-squareCptEnder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoOr rogue photosynthesis. Also metal af
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months ago 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).
Kinda but not quite:
Source: Costasiella kuroshimae
So vampire photosynthesis.
That’s metal af.
Or rogue photosynthesis.
Also metal af
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?