We've Got Ants In Our Plants!
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[MUSIC] If this is your first time in the rainforest, I get it. All the trees pretty much look alike. Maybe you’re at the end of a long hike, you wanna take a little break, have a drink of water. So you pick a tree to rest up against and relax. Well, this would be a very bad tree to pick. It’s full of ants. We’ve got ants in our plants! [MUSIC] Flowering plants first sprouted onto the scene about 160 million years ago, and they’ve been locked in a dance with insects ever since… sometimes they give food, sometimes they are food, their evolution’s always been intertwined. But the most complex insect/plant relationships don’t involve butterflies, beetles, or bees. They belong to the ants. Locals call this the “novice tree” because there...
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[MUSIC] If this is your first time in the rainforest, I get it. All the trees pretty much look alike. Maybe you’re at the end of a long hike, you wanna take a little break, have a drink of water. So you pick a tree to rest up against and relax. Well, this would be a very bad tree to pick. It’s full of ants. We’ve got ants in our plants! [MUSIC] Flowering plants first sprouted onto the scene about 160 million years ago, and they’ve been locked in a dance with insects ever since… sometimes they give food, sometimes they are food, their evolution’s always been intertwined. But the most complex insect/plant relationships don’t involve butterflies, beetles, or bees. They belong to the ants. Locals call this the “novice tree” because there...
