The Mystery of Sea Creatures (5/5): The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
Podcast:TED Talks Daily Published On: Sat Jul 18 2026 Description: Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynthesize (or create energy from sunlight) like plants. Diving deep into these often overlooked creatures, invertebrate zoologist Michael Middlebrooks introduces the solar-powered slugs that lost their shells -- but gained the ability to directly harness the power of the sun.(This episode originally aired in 2023.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.