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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

homo sapiens is known to use photosynthesis through symbiotic relationships with various grasses to create sugars, lipids, and proteins for itself

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Eh, that's a few dozen steps removed. By that standard, every herbivore "uses" photosynthesis.

These guys (coral & lichen too) use photosynthesis much more directly, completely encapsulating the algea and supporting it internally. It's much closer to mitochondria.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

True haha, thats a good distinction. I'm just joking here.

Kind of interesting that chloroplasts in plants seem to be a sort of symbiosis as well, like mitochondria, considering the cell walls around them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, they are distinct organelles with their own DNA, so you are spot on with the comparison to mitochondria