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Screw the Leaf Sheep. It’s all about the North American House Hippo.

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Shaun???

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Symbiotic cyanobacteria?

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they aren’t the only animal that does it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptoplasty#Animals

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Before you fantasize how this could be used in humans in the future, producing that single thought cost more energy than leaf sheep produce via photosynthesis in their lifetime - feeding of it requires energy efficiency any warm-blooded animal just isn’t suited for.

Still cute though.

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Not chlorophyll, but retinol. Purple solar powered humanoids.

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The human of the future:

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