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yorkshirehornet said:
Is it the leaf sheep?

uses algae to perform photosynthesis.?
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Yes. It has a few 'common' names - is also known as the sea sheep (I'm currently mulling over writing a P1 reader called Sean the Sea Sheep). It's one of the few animals that can photosynthesise - it partially digests algae but leaves the chloroplasts intact and stores them in those green, spiky appendages.

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yorkshirehornet said:
Was it a photographic plate?


First photo?

View from the Window at Le Gras?

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I'm not sure that it was the first photo, but you got it - it's the oldest surviving photo 'View from the Window at Le Gras' from 1827, taken using the photographic process Heliography. The process, which involves using a glass or metal plate with a thin coating of Bitumen of Judea, was invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1822 - apparently he took this shot by focusing a camera obscura on a pewter plate for eight hours...

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yorkshirehornet said:
Is this something to do with albatrosses?
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Well that didn't take long...
Yes - researchers have found that albatrosses, who normally stay with the one partner thoughout their lives, are having to search for food further afield due to warmer sea temperatures - meaning that their 'spouses' are looking for new mates during their more lengthy absences.

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