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Re:Engineered photosynthesis demonstrated in animals in vivo... by edgyquant on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @07:55PM (#33902671)
Makes sense actually. Animals have had half a billion years: if photosynthesis could power them some of them would be using it.
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Re:Engineered photosynthesis demonstrated in animals in vivo... by russdill on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @11:40PM (#33904236)
The sloth actually supplements their diet with photosynthetic algae that live on their fur. But their metabolism is very very slow.
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Re:Engineered photosynthesis demonstrated in animals in vivo... by pvaldes on Thursday December 08, 2022 @06:19AM (#33906708)
That would be equivalent to us carrying a lattice pot around and then eating the lattice. Not a real example of photosynthetic animals.
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Re:Engineered photosynthesis demonstrated in animals in vivo... by krageon on Thursday December 08, 2022 @08:05AM (#33907450)
The solutions you describe are functionally identical, so I do not see why it wouldn't be a "real example".
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Re:Engineered photosynthesis demonstrated in animals in vivo... by winReInstall on Thursday December 08, 2022 @05:22AM (#33906340)
There are undersea slugs who store devoured algeas chlorophyl in transparent pockets under the skin.
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