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Are there animals which do photosynthesis?
Question Date: 2014-05-06
Answer 1:

That is a great question! For a long time scientists thought that only plants could turn sun light into energy using a process called photosynthesis. However, in recent years scientists have found a few animals that can make their own energy from sun light!! Here are a few examples of animals that do photosynthesis:

- Sea slug
- Spotted salamandar
- Oriental hornet
- Pea aphid

You can see pictures of these animals and learn more about how they make their own energy at this cool website:

photosynthetic animals


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