- maniacalmanicmania ( @maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ) English98•21 days ago
Kinda but not quite:
Costasiella kuroshimae are capable of a physiological process called kleptoplasty, in which they retain the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on. Absorbing the chloroplasts from algae then enables them to indirectly perform photosynthesis.[6]
Source: Costasiella kuroshimae
- Faresh ( @Faresh@lemmy.ml ) English41•21 days ago
And I’m pretty sure there are also jellyfish that live in symbyosis with algae that they carry along with them which photosynthesize, creating sugars for the jellyfish.
- Justin ( @jlh@lemmy.jlh.name ) English13•21 days ago
homo sapiens is known to use photosynthesis through symbiotic relationships with various grasses to create sugars, lipids, and proteins for itself
- Tlaloc_Temporal ( @Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ) English10•21 days ago
Eh, that’s a few dozen steps removed. By that standard, every herbivore “uses” photosynthesis.
These guys (coral & lichen too) use photosynthesis much more directly, completely encapsulating the algea and supporting it internally. It’s much closer to mitochondria.
- Justin ( @jlh@lemmy.jlh.name ) English4•20 days ago
True haha, thats a good distinction. I’m just joking here.
Kind of interesting that chloroplasts in plants seem to be a sort of symbiosis as well, like mitochondria, considering the cell walls around them.
- SolarMonkey ( @SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ) English21•21 days ago
So vampire photosynthesis.
That’s metal af.
- IrritableOcelot ( @IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org ) English19•21 days ago
I mean honestly? If you’re not even keeping full cells from the prey, I think we can give it to them. Lil guy, you can photosynthesize. No need to bother them with the asterisks.
- drosophila ( @drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English8•21 days ago
The really interesting thing about costasiella kuroshimae is that its digestive system branches and goes up into all of those ‘leaves’, which is how the algae makes its way there to have its chloroplasts extracted.
- Queen HawlSera ( @HawlSera@lemm.ee ) English23•21 days ago
This is a god damn Pokemon.
- Something Burger 🍔 ( @SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ) English21•20 days ago
- Arthur Besse ( @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ) English16•20 days ago
they aren’t the only animal that does it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptoplasty#Animals
- toothbrush ( @toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English6•21 days ago
- MonkderVierte ( @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ) English3•20 days ago
- magnetosphere ( @magnetosphere@fedia.io ) 3•21 days ago
How have I never heard of this before?!?
- ShaggySnacks ( @ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ) English1•20 days ago
Screw the Leaf Sheep. It’s all about the North American House Hippo.
- lemmur ( @lemmur@szmer.info ) English1•20 days ago
Symbiotic cyanobacteria?