The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
TED Talks Science and Medicine · Michael Middlebrooks
March 6, 202312m 41s
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Show Notes
Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynthesize (or create energy from sunlight) like plants. Diving deep into these often overlooked creatures, invertebrate zoologist Michael Middlebrooks introduces the solar-powered slugs that lost their shells -- but gained the ability to directly harness the power of the sun.
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