Pass. Charmander would wreck this guy.
I doubt that seeing is how this thing lives in the ocean
Looks like the head gear piece my shaman wore in wow a long time ago
Kinda but not quite:
Costasiella kuroshimae are capable of a physiological process called kleptoplasty, in which they retain the chloroplasts from the algae they feed on. Absorbing the chloroplasts from algae then enables them to indirectly perform photosynthesis.[6]
Source: Costasiella kuroshimae
I mean honestly? If you’re not even keeping full cells from the prey, I think we can give it to them. Lil guy, you can photosynthesize. No need to bother them with the asterisks.
And I’m pretty sure there are also jellyfish that live in symbyosis with algae that they carry along with them which photosynthesize, creating sugars for the jellyfish.
homo sapiens is known to use photosynthesis through symbiotic relationships with various grasses to create sugars, lipids, and proteins for itself
Reminds me of Lichen! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen
kleptoplasty
I like how it’s appropriate to call it “-plasty” twice (first in the referring to chloroplasts sense, and then again in the plastic surgery sense).
It looks like it was designed by Aardman Animations.
It’s Shaun the Slug!
How have I never heard of this before?!?
Cool, now I know how to call my spaceship in the next space game I’m gonna play.
