Animals That Make Their Own Food Like Plants

19 June, 2024

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These fascinating sea slugs incorporate algae cells into their own bodies, allowing them to photosynthesize and produce their own food like plants.

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Sea Slug (Elysia Chlorotica)

This amphibian has a symbiotic relationship with algae living inside its cells, enabling it to photosynthesize and create nutrients during its early life stages.

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Spotted Salamander

Pea aphids can produce carotenoids, pigments typically made by plants, fungi, and microbes, which help them harness sunlight and generate nutrients.

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Pea Aphid

This hornet species has a unique ability to convert solar energy into electrical energy using a pigment called xanthopterin in its exoskeleton.

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Oriental Hornet

This hornet species has a unique ability to convert solar energy into electrical energy using a pigment called xanthopterin in its exoskeleton.

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Blue-Green Algae

Corals have a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae, which live in their tissues and provide them with nutrients produced through photosynthesis.

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Coral

Giant clams have symbiotic algae living in their tissues, allowing them to photosynthesize and produce food.

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Giant Clam

These anemones house symbiotic algae in their tissues, which photosynthesize and provide nutrients to their host.

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Green Sea Anemone