3 ms·
Are there any animals which don’t need components from another organism? Isn’t heterotrophy one of the notable attributes of Animalia? There are the infamous se
by tshaddox 11mo ago
Are there any animals which don’t need components from another organism? Isn’t heterotrophy one of the notable attributes of Animalia? There are the infamous sea slugs which eat algae then use the algae’s photosynthetic chloroplasts to photosynthesize the chemical energy they need, but they still need the algae to make those chloroplasts.
- jquery 11mo agoInteresting to realize that all animals are parasites (or perhaps symbiotes in some rare cases?) when you zoom out and look at the big picture. Almost makes me feel a bit guilty for not being a self-sustaining plant.