This is a pokemon if I’ve ever seen one
I just 💚 them and think they're neat.
Submitted 8 hours ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
BigDiction@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Water/Grass is pretty good defensive typing as well.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
the process has a great name: Kleptoplasty
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?
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.
Windex007@lemmy.world 20 minutes ago
Am I stealing chloroplasts when I eat a salad?
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.
django@discuss.tchncs.de 7 hours ago
I should steal some chloroplasts.
AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 4 hours ago
We might have seen the same video 😄
adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 hours ago
Was it from the [youtu.be/Jm7nZMHX2Cs](Octopus Lady)? She’s always great.
ch00f@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I think the creators of Bioshock were correct to base the plot on seaslugs.
Klear@quokk.au 7 hours ago
Especially Ayn Rand.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Fucking got her
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
So satisfactory is real life?
toynbee@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Much like potatoes!
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
That is really cool!
Also chlorotica does not mean what I thought it did
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
It’s not Plants vs Zombies fanfic?
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
It can also be that