Elysia Chlorotica: A Sap-Sucking, Solar-Powered Sea Slug

Complete video at: Dr. Rebecca Johnson, invertebrate zoologist at the California Academy of Sciences, introduces Elysia chlorotica, a sea slug with interesting eating habits. The sap-sucking sea slug has evolved to undergo photosynthesis using chloroplasts obtained from the algae it eats. -----
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