Can solar energy be converted into physical energy?

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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yeah. plants do it all the time.

 

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WTF are you talking about? Plants are not animals.
I know of no animal that is made of cholorplast.

 

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ever hear of algae?

 

calm down, cool skill...you have phrased your question incorrectly.

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)?

 

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.

 

I have to stare at the ground too on really bright days, because the light's just too overpowering. Anyway I looked it up:

http://www.optometrists.asn.au/eyevision/consumers/uv

It can cause all kinds of nasty, eye-related diseases, apparently.

 

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.

 

i am powered by photosymphasis. its my super hero power. im the incredible leaf dude.


peace.

 

Our body produces vitamin d when our skin absorbs sunlight. vitamin d helps us produce energy with which we live.

 

Yes I have. Sorry to break it to you, but algae is not and never will be an animal.

 

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...

 

Wow... that's great! I didn't know that. Remember the species by a chance?

 

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.

 

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.

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.