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I just ๐Ÿ’š them and think they're neat. (mander.xyz)
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[-] jimmux@programming.dev 35 points 7 months ago

I recently saw a vid about these things. Another interesting thing they can do is voluntary decapitation. The head can survive and grow new organs, possibly because photosynthesis gives them the energy to keep going and growing.

[-] django@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 7 months ago

I should steal some chloroplasts.

[-] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 4 points 7 months ago

We might have seen the same video ๐Ÿ˜„

[-] adhocfungus@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Was it from the Octopus Lady ? She's always great.

[-] AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social 1 points 7 months ago

Interestingly no! The video that was in my feed was from Real Science channel.ย 

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