Can solar energy be converted into physical energy?

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lixluke

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Can solar energy absorbed through human skin or eyes get synthesized physiologically for use as physical energy?

Are there any known animals, insects, or sea urchins that are known to absorb and synthesize solar energy?
 
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WTF are you talking about? Plants are not animals.
I know of no animal that is made of cholorplast.
 
calm down, cool skill...you have phrased your question incorrectly.

Are there any known animals, insects, or otherwise that are known to absorb and synthesize solar energy?
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what would "otherwise" be? plants.
 
This is off-topic but I saw an advert for sunglasses saying that we should protect our eyes from damage in the same way that we protect our skin. Soooo: does sunlight damage eyes (even if not staring at it directly)?
 
redarmy11 said:
This is off-topic but I saw an advert for sunglasses saying that we should protect our eyes from damage in the same way that we protect our skin. Soooo: does sunlight damage eyes (even if not staring at it directly)?
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i had my eyes dilated at the age of 12, and one of them never went back. i have serious problems with sunlight, and usually have to stare at the ground when i walk outside on a sunny day.

so yes.
 
There is a certain type of fresh water shrimp that is transparent. It eats algae and funny enough the algae once in it's stomach continues to grow because of the shrimps transparency. It gets to the point that the Shrimp has a forever full stomach (based upon light), it's a kind of symbiotic existence.
 
Our body produces vitamin d when our skin absorbs sunlight. vitamin d helps us produce energy with which we live.
 
RoyLennigan said:
Our body produces vitamin d when our skin absorbs sunlight. vitamin d helps us produce energy with which we live.
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So if I expose my skin and eyes to the sun, I will be more energetic? Is it true that if I run under the sun, I will have more speed and energy than if I run at night or indoors where there is no sun energy?
 
Sungazers believe that staring into the sun is better than eating...
 
Stryder said:
There is a certain type of fresh water shrimp that is transparent. It eats algae and funny enough the algae once in it's stomach continues to grow because of the shrimps transparency. It gets to the point that the Shrimp has a forever full stomach (based upon light), it's a kind of symbiotic existence.
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Wow... that's great! I didn't know that. Remember the species by a chance?
 
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Wow... that's great! I didn't know that. Remember the species by a chance?
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To tell you the truth I can't remember the name of the shrimp of the television program it was on, however I can tell you that it was in reference to suggestion of what life on other planets might be like. Such a symbiotic relationship between algae and shrimp would mean that as long as their was light and freshwater such a species could survive with no concerns about running out of food.

I gather it was a BBC program however if that helps any.
 
lixluke said:
So if I expose my skin and eyes to the sun, I will be more energetic? Is it true that if I run under the sun, I will have more speed and energy than if I run at night or indoors where there is no sun energy?
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Actually, yes. Will you notice it? I am not so sure.
 
Coral is an animal and it gets it's food indirectly from the sun.

Although corals can catch plankton using stinging cells on their tentacles, these animals obtain most of their nutrients from symbiotic unicellular algae called zooxanthellae. Consequently, most corals depend on sunlight and grow in clear and shallow water, typically at depths shallower than 60 m (200 ft).
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No animal has discovered photosynthesis, but since algae do it so well, some animals do form symbiotic relationships.
 
Wasn't there a case in India where a man claimed to be able to absorb energy from the sun? They monitored him for a few weeks and he didn't eat anything and he was fine. I'll try and find a link...
 
How about lizards and cold blooded animals that need the sun?

I've no idea what science is behind it, but just throwing it out there.
 
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