Today, a Sea Slug. Tomorrow, ... ?

David Stockhoff · 18 Jan 2010, 00:48 · from 2010-January.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:48:46 -0500
Subject: (urth) Today, a Sea Slug. Tomorrow, ... ?
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Severian's friend the Green Man always seemed quite plausible to me. I 
hadn't realized just how plausible. Apparently a sea slug has 
incorporate algae genes into its genome and produces and uses 
chlorophyll inside its body:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/53496/title/Sea_slug_steals_genes_for_greens,_makes_chlorophyll_like_a_plan

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