<< Elysia cholorotica, a sea slug found off the U.S. East Coast, can steal photosynthetic plastids from algae and survive by basking in the sun. >>
<< It’s unique; it’s controversial; it’s elusive; it never eats, (..) If you don’t know exactly where you’re looking and what you’re looking for, you won’t find it. >> Patrick Krug.
<< But these special slugs are becoming increasingly rare, and the small number of experts who studied them have mostly retired or have moved on to other areas. >>
Douglas Main. Solar-Powered Slugs Hide Wild Secrets-But They’re Vanishing. The photosynthetic sea slug, which lives off the U.S. East Coast, is becoming almost too rare to research. NatGeo. Jul 22, 2018.
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