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minus-squaremaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·edit-210 hours 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-up14·5 hours agoSo vampire photosynthesis. That’s metal af.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours 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.
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).