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I just 💚 them and think they're neat.

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Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That is really cool!

    Also chlorotica does not mean what I thought it did

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    • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s not Plants vs Zombies fanfic?

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      • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It can also be that

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  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is a pokemon if I’ve ever seen one

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    • BigDiction@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Water/Grass is pretty good defensive typing as well.

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  • cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    the process has a great name: Kleptoplasty

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  • mayorchid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Stealing”? Am I “stealing” fat from the food I eat? Since when is retaining some components of what you consume equivalent to theft?

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I assume chloroplast is much more complex than fat and we do actually have fat within our body, while the slug doesn’t naturally grow chloroplast.

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      • Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Am I stealing chloroplasts when I eat a salad?

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  • jimmux@programming.dev ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I recently saw a vid about these things. Another interesting thing they can do is voluntary decapitation. The head can survive and grow new organs, possibly because photosynthesis gives them the energy to keep going and growing.

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    • django@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I should steal some chloroplasts.

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    • AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      We might have seen the same video 😄

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      • adhocfungus@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Was it from the [youtu.be/Jm7nZMHX2Cs](Octopus Lady)? She’s always great.

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  • ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think the creators of Bioshock were correct to base the plot on seaslugs.

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    • Klear@quokk.au ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Especially Ayn Rand.

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      • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fucking got her

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  • Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So satisfactory is real life?

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Much like potatoes!

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