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Eastern Emerald Elysia

Elysia chlorotica is a “solar-powered” marine sea slug that sequesters and retains photosynthetically active chloroplasts from the algae it eats and, remarkably, has incorporated algal genes into its own genetic code. It is emerald green in color often with small red or white markings, has a slender shape typical of members of its genus, and parapodia (lateral “wings”) that fold over its body in life. This sea slug is unique among animals to possess photosynthesis-specific genes and is an extraordinary example of symbiosis between an alga and mollusc as well as a genetic chimera of these two organisms. 

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IT’S A FUCKIN ANIMAL

THAT’S A PLANT

A MOTHERFUCKIN ANIMAL

THAT IS A MOTHERFUCKIN PLANT

THAT SHIT

IS A FUCKIN POKEMON

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These are the coolest. They’re basically vampires, except instead of sucking blood they suck chloroplasts, which stay alive in their body because the slug actually has the correct chunk of algal DNA (via lateral gene transfer).