Plant-Animal hybrids

Science fiction is rarely as inventive as our natural world. For example, the Eastern Emerald Elysia sea slug ingests chloroplasts from algae. After a single meal, they are able to consistently process these chloroplasts independently and use them for photosynthesis like any plant. This beautiful leaf-shaped creature lives in shallow pools off the Atlantic coast of North America.
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