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There's a certain snail that does just that. Though it isn't really symbiotic; it actually steals stuff.

Could I see a Wikipedia page, BBC article, scientific name, or other thing that lets me check up on that? Above all, so I can figure out what you mean by "that"?

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on July 25, 2013, 02:02:15 pm

Both that an animal would evolve to a more active or otherwise interesting lifestyle whilst being photosynthetic, and that photosynthesis could provide a substantial portion of such an animal's energy needs.

We could only use it for a single stage in life, Ie, the reproductive, or the early life stages.

More reasonable, but I'm still against it for the short term. Mainly because only the permanent version has been suggested, I suppose.
...Probably the early stages of life would be best. Although they'd still need to eat some stuff, and would need to hide from predators more...

Very active organism that gets all of its food from photosynthesis
[url]dn16124-solarpowered-sea-slug-harnesses-stolen-plant-genes[/ur]

Salamanders that get a photosynthetic boost in early life
[url]http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/symbiotic-salamander/[/ur]

Mother nature has this tendency to beat us to the punch and ignore verisimilitude concerns

Oh, look, bad links to the kind of thing I was looking for! I'll post now to avoid getting ninja'd again, then look at those.

EDIT: The salamander's seems to only be in the embryotic stage of development, which doesn't help promote the cause of lifelong photosynthesis. The sea slug (with the poetic and alliterative name of the Eastern Emerald Elysia) don't technically symbiotise with algae, and more to the point need to eat algae. I haven't been able to find anything suggesting that they rely on the photosynthesis to any extent, either.

Head out into town.

"So, what do you want to do?"

((Other action posts:))

"Sounds like a good idea!"

Wait for Lyra as she does that.

((Alright.))

Head to, say, the middle of town. Look for interesting things.

Hm...so far, we have about half the players, all on one half of the map.

This could be...interesting...

Both that an animal would evolve to a more active or otherwise interesting lifestyle whilst being photosynthetic, and that photosynthesis could provide a substantial portion of such an animal's energy needs.

"Oh, okay...you mean like a date?"

How badly Phiali has managed to fail?

"Is that a yes?"

Suggestion:

Everyone calls me Ol Barkeep, which is a better name than the one I was given at birth.

Which was:

Shara Green

I'm a guy.

Part of why we're fine with being called Barkeep (or, formerly, Shopkeep).

Shopkeeper, we sold goods and show thiefs that we could take on them and the final boss if they tried to steal anything.
The cod bomb, you take a cod, fill it with cheese and soak it with alcohol then cook.
On a major road junction, half a day from the nearest major town. A lot of travelers

Where? By the seaside, of course! Where else would we get the shark and the spices?