Solar-powered Sea-slugs Live Like Plants
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 23:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The lowly sea slug, "Elysia chlorotica," may not seem like the most exciting of creatures, but don't be fooled: It behaves like a plant and is solar-powered, says a biologist who has been studying these tiny creatures for the past decade and has identified a possible cause of their ability to behave like plants.