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Meet The Solar-Powered Sea Slug That's Half Animal, Half Plant Exoskin: The Pneumatically Powered Changing Interface You Can Have Your Own Personal IoT With MESH First Ever Ocean Plastic Cleanup Device Being Tested This Week Meet The Solar-Powered Sea Slug That's Half Animal, Half Plant When we think of animals and plants, we have a pretty good way of dividing them into two distinct groups: one converts sunlight into energy and the other has to eat food to make its energy. Well, those dividing lines come crashing down with the discovery of a sea slug that is truly half animal and half plant. It's official name is Elysia chlorotica and it's pretty incredible how it has managed to hijack the genes of the algae on which it feeds. The slugs can manufacture chlorophyll, the green pigment in plants that captures energy from sunlight and hold these genes within its body. Read More at Interesting Engineering Exoskin: The Pn...