To be fair, they're made of endosymbionts.
Single-celled organisms with complex eyes similar to those of vertebrates. Startling convergent evolution.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocelloid
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So are you
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Just saying, it's a multicellular organelle *inside* a unicellular organism.
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Evolution is silly, yeah
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"so, what kind of endosymbionts do you got in this organelle?" "oh we got both kinds, mitochondria AND plastids"
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plus archaea proteins, for the trifecta
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Missed that! Sauce, if to hand?
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^F archaea in the original link. proteins "related to" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriorhodopsin … (found in halophiles) do the actual light sensing
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Holy crap this thing looks like it was created with http://ganbreeder.app
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