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Well I wasn’t sure where to put this; but I found it fascinating, and thought some of you may also;

A discovery of a sea slug that’s well kinda part plant too- here’s the link

Bud

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/ ... -sea-slug/

Very cool Bud!

That's cool. But what are those sea anemones considered as?

wow that is amazing!!! evolution at work !!!

lemonlily wrote:That's cool. But what are those sea anemones considered as?

sea anmones are cnidarians, related to jellyfish , some of them can actaully become jelly fish (but that's a different subject altogether lol) they are polyps attached to a hard suface, and they capture prey with their tentacles, they are carnivorous animals.

I thought they were partly like plants, just like that

leaf thingy in the link.

omg...you obviously have not been taught biology...what are they doing with childrens' brains in Canada! lol jk, I'm sure you'll learn these things later, you're still young. the sea anemones do not produce chlorophyll and is in no way part plant. It is a predatory animal, ok?
and that pic was not of a "leaf thingy" it is an animal that can also obtain energy from photosynthesis. It's a sea slug.

whatever it looked like a leaf

you are so disrespectful of nature's evolution!

but it did look like a leaf.

even the articale said it

ahhh but it's not a leaf, is it? it's a sea slug, "even the article said that"!

I was only describing it.

whatEVER!

That's certainly not the first animal like this - check out the Euglena viridis:) or hydra viridissima, but this only lives with symbiotic algae. The hydras are cool animals by the way, I kept them in aquariums:) Especially the green ones are awesome. A hydra can reach a size even up to 3cm so they're not that small

Interesting discovery. Reminds of me of the mushroom-fish, they found(Two different species). Millions of years old & all. I had a strange lucid dream, of this mix between, a tropical pitcher, worm & whatever else.

It could boil the inside of its body with water & was translucent. If it does exist, its probably friendly, perhaps. I'm sure it could be make one heck of a cup of tea for ya. Have a good day, all!

That is fascinating. Now lets modify its genes + create something that gets into the environment so that humans can contract Dutch elm disease. Fun!