Do Any Animals Have Chloroplasts
No animal cells dont have cloroplasts.
Do any animals have chloroplasts. They are so common in animal cells because when animal cells take in or absorb food they need the enzymes found in lysosomes in. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts. Chloroplasts come in various shapes with many of them shaped like disks.
Do animal cells have lysosomes. Furthermore most animals can move and this capability is an enormous advantage when it comes to feeding finding a mate and escaping from predators. Humans and animals dont have chloroplasts in their cells.
Chloroplasts are organelles or small specialized bodies in plant cells that contain chlorophyll and help with the process of photosynthesis. Yes most of this is possible - under some conditions - and animals and animal cells can acquire chloroplasts and use them. Animal cells do not have chloroplasts.
A little freshwater jellyfish called hydra pinches chloroplasts out of green algae and keeps them in its own gut. Yes plant cells have chloroplasts but animal cells do not. Sea Slug - Elysia chlorotica.
Chloroplasts work to convert light energy of the Sun into sugars that can be used by cells. Not that I know of as their own chloroplasts but there are more complex multicellular animals out there that pinch the chloroplasts from plants. Animals cannot do this.
You know this because you have to eat. All cells need to be able to harness energy for food and chloroplasts get their name from chlorophyll which is a green pigment used for photosynthesis giving plants their food. Since animals dont get their energy through photosynthesis they get it from the food they eat they dont need chloroplasts.