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This sea slug has a super power – or should we say...a solar power ☀️👇 Costasiella kuroshimae—also known as "leaf slug", "leaf sheep", or "salty ocean caterpillar"—is a species of sacoglossan (sap-sucking) sea slug. But it has earned the nickname "solar-powered sea slug." Why? ☀️ The leaf sheep grazes on algae, sucks its chloroplasts (structures within the algae’s cells that contain chlorophyll, a green photosynthetic pigment) and keeps them within the tissues of its cerata for up to 10 days, a