coolest animal I've ever heard of
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No, it is not half plant. First of all it is a Gastropod Molusc, therefore kingdom Animalia. Second the cells may well contain chloroplasts, but that is not an indicator of being a plant, as Algae contain chloroplasts and are not in the in the kingdom Plantae, but in proposed as Bacteria. There is also the case that a sea slug is a protostome, (it does not invaginate to form an anus). Therefore it is an animal. It must also be noted that the creature in point is still a heterotroph, again making it animal. Sorry, what you have there is an unusual animal, not a plant by any scientific definition. (There are many other factors, I won't go on I promise, but they all point to it being a fully animal lifeform, not some strange admixture of two kingdoms).
------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce
But in school we used a much simpler approach ... IsPlant = (does it have cell walls)
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But in school we used a much simpler approach ... IsPlant = (does it have cell walls)
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Some Prokaryotes have cell walls, but they are not plants. Algae have cell walls, what about the simpler flagellates? Fungi? Archaea? Your definitions are out of date I'm afraid. Even a mammalian ovum has a psuedo cell wall, it is hardly a cucumber :)
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Here is my favorite: Warning video content: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3433507052114896375#[^]
John
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You do realize this proves the feasibility of acquiring (super)powers from completely different organisms, like Spiderman. I mean, this thing is basically a superhero among slugs - a superslug if you will - though Plantslug is a pretty terrible hero name...
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This just in: Research in providing the same source of nourishment for couch potatoes has caused a huge drop in Pringles stock prices.
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No, it is not half plant. First of all it is a Gastropod Molusc, therefore kingdom Animalia. Second the cells may well contain chloroplasts, but that is not an indicator of being a plant, as Algae contain chloroplasts and are not in the in the kingdom Plantae, but in proposed as Bacteria. There is also the case that a sea slug is a protostome, (it does not invaginate to form an anus). Therefore it is an animal. It must also be noted that the creature in point is still a heterotroph, again making it animal. Sorry, what you have there is an unusual animal, not a plant by any scientific definition. (There are many other factors, I won't go on I promise, but they all point to it being a fully animal lifeform, not some strange admixture of two kingdoms).
------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce
Dave, as Biologist and Naturalist, truly adds value to the Lounge for me ! thanks, Bill
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No, it is not half plant. First of all it is a Gastropod Molusc, therefore kingdom Animalia. Second the cells may well contain chloroplasts, but that is not an indicator of being a plant, as Algae contain chloroplasts and are not in the in the kingdom Plantae, but in proposed as Bacteria. There is also the case that a sea slug is a protostome, (it does not invaginate to form an anus). Therefore it is an animal. It must also be noted that the creature in point is still a heterotroph, again making it animal. Sorry, what you have there is an unusual animal, not a plant by any scientific definition. (There are many other factors, I won't go on I promise, but they all point to it being a fully animal lifeform, not some strange admixture of two kingdoms).
------------------------------------ No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Clare Boothe Luce
I think many know that its not half plant. But what I think the article meant was half plant. That is, you are telling to the crowd you are looking at an animal that looks like plant.
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If there ever was an excuse to get your kids to eat their veggies.... :)
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Sneaky little buggers! But they are only doing it so that niether Carnivores nor Vegetarians will eat them...
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Sneaky little buggers! But they are only doing it so that niether Carnivores nor Vegetarians will eat them... It's double the fun... you don't have Mama naggin' you about vegetables before meat and the lot... Eat on!
