The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks

TED Talks Daily

TED

Creativity, Business, Design, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Science, Technology, Education, Tech Demo, Ted Talks, Ted, Entertainment, Tedtalks

4.1 • 11.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:11.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm your host Elise Hugh.
0:14.0	Today's talk takes us into the vast depths of the ocean and explores creatures I have
0:19.2	to admit I knew very little about, but are totally fascinating.
0:23.7	These sea slugs, they're beautiful, diverse, interesting, and in his 2022 talk from Ted
0:30.4	XPSU, zoologist Michael Middlebrooks gives us a deep dive into these fascinating little
0:36.9	invertebrates.
0:38.4	After a short message.
0:42.6	Support for Ted Talks Daily comes from Airbnb.
0:45.3	Maybe you've stayed in an Airbnb before and thought to yourself, maybe my place could
0:49.2	be an Airbnb.
0:50.4	Perhaps your housemates going to move out and you're thinking about what to do with that
0:54.0	space.
0:55.2	That extra room could be an Airbnb.
0:58.1	Whether you could use a little extra money to cover some bills or for something a little
1:01.7	more fun, your extra room or extra space might be worth more than you think.
1:06.9	Find out how much at airbnb.co.uk slash host.
1:13.2	What's up with the weather?
1:14.2	If you're confused about climate change, there's a show for you.
1:17.6	Ted Climate from the Ted Audio Collective.
1:20.3	Join host Dan Courtler as he brings you leading experts who will unpack every problem and
1:24.9	solution of our climate crisis.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from TED, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of TED and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.