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I believe that mitochondria and chloroplast both were originally independent single celled organisms.

So kind of funny that, chloroplast is being "stolen" again by this sea slug.

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Chloroplasts are but one variety of plastids. Assimilation has occurred multiple times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastid

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Yes, it is funny that biological history repeats itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiogenesis

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Somewhat related https://what-if.xkcd.com/17/

The surface is too small and you only get like 4% of the energy you need (Assuming you like being naked under full sunlight all day long. The article is for cows, but I guess the number is similar for humans.) 4% of 2400 kcal is almost 100 kcal, that is the content of a small diet treat or 2 apples.

These sea slugs can survive because they move very slowly. For a human, I think it's not enough energy to survive even if all the activity is to watch TV inside a hot swimming pool.

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Dietary need scales with volume, whereas incident sunlight would scale with surface area.

Assuming a spherical cow and a spherical human, the calories needed would scale with the radius cubed, whereas the calories gained from sunlight would scale with the radius squared. So while I agree this wouldn't be very many calories, even if you sat under the sun all day, I think the 4% figure is probably quite pessimistic.

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Mmm... Cows weight like 5 persons, 5^(1/3)=1.7, so 4%*1.7=7%, so 170 kcal that is still less than a single cheeseburger.
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Marvelous...

Finally a good reason to assume a spherical cow!

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The square cube law pops up all over the place, my favorite being in fusion reactors, where it is a two edged sword.
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