Surprising Sea Slug Is Half plant,Half animal

A green sea slug appears to be part animal,part animal.It is the first critter discovered to produce the plant pigment chlorophyll.These slugs seem to have stolen the genes that enable their skills from algae they have eaten .With the combiened genes,the sulgs can carry photosynthesis(process plants use to convert sunlight into enery).A biologist Sidney Pierce of the University of South Florida has been studing these unique creatures for 20 years and presented his finding to the Society and Comparative Biology in Seattle,but Science News reported this finding first. Offically called Elysua chlroratica these sneaky unique creatures live in salt marshes in New England and Canada.Also the slugs steal tiny cell parts called chloroplasts which they use to conduct photosynthesis.Therefore,reserchers use radioactive tracers to be sure that the slugs are actually producing the chlorophyll themselves as to stealing the pigment from algae.The slugs incorporate the genetic matirials so well they pass it to further generations.The baby slugs have the ability to produce their own chlorophyll,but they cant carry out photosynthesis until they have eaten enough algae to steal the necessary chloroplats.Moreover,this connects directly to science because this is an example of evolotion the slugs pass on important survival skills in the genes of their further generations.In my opinion this is an intresting find because plants and slugs are two different spicies and now they are one.http://www.livescience.com/animals/green-slug-animals-100112.html