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From: eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder)
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Subject: Re: naive question about photosynthesis
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Date: 2 Mar 90 15:17:18 GMT
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In article <1990Mar2.003811.20021@agate.berkeley.edu> markh@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu () writes:
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>	Can a non-green creature, specifically the bright orange
>and yellow "sun coral" in my saltwater aquarium, rely significantly
>on photosynthesis of algae in its tissues as a source of food, as
>many greenish invertebrates do?

....and frogs are photosynthetic autotrophs.                        :-)

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