#Funfaactscienceanon

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Hi its time for a science anon double whammy tonight, this time? Solar powered sea slugs Elysia chlorotica Is a member of the mollusk family, (I dunno how to share a picture of it) that lives in water climates of high salinity. They feed primarily off of a species of algae, due to this they consume high amounts of green pigment chloroplasts. Giving their green appearance as the slug harnesses the photosynthesis abilities of the algaes chloroplasts. Essentially giving the slug free sun food cont

Anon slug fact cont. The reason Elysia chlorotica can do this is because the slugs body is initially transparent and the introduction of the chloroplasts builds up to form the green skin layer for lack of a better description. Also I meant to say it is a mollusk not a member of the mollusk family, that was purely me getting my taxonomic classifications wrong. Anyway I think Kris may not like that humans can't achieve this due to humans needing more energy than photosynthesis can provide alone

Hello science anon, I am sorry we have not gotten to this ask in such a long time, but I am glad we have finally been able to fet back to it, because reading it now is very, very interesting. They look like... leaves. Very pretty slug.

Unfortunately, Kris has an impulse to eat them, but I am sure he is not serious... perhaps. Personally, I am alright with humans not being able to turn green, if they really wanted to, they can paint themselves or wear green clothes.

These are very mesmerizing... Peter is currently grounded, but he is peeking at this post, and is very ecstatic over this random fun fact. So, thank you, anon. You are always welcome here, although we are very slow with answering asks, sometimes.