The Mystery of Sea Creatures (5/5): The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
About this episode
This episode explores the unique ability of sea slugs to photosynthesize, featuring insights from invertebrate zoologist Michael Middlebrooks.
Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynthesize (or create energy from sunlight) like plants. Diving deep into these often overlooked creatures, invertebrate zoologist Michael Middlebrooks introduces the solar-powered slugs that lost their shells -- but gained the ability to directly harness the power of the sun. (This episode originally aired in 2023.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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