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This is not unprecedented in animals, green sea slugs are capable of making use of the chloroplasts in the algae they eat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_
by algorias 14y ago
This is not unprecedented in animals, green sea slugs are capable of making use of the chloroplasts in the algae they eat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica
- JoeAltmaier 14y agoRight;the novelty is aphids actually produce the caratenoids, they don't eat them.