ANTS AND FUNGICULTURE (ALMÉCEGA)
Did ants invent agriculture? Kind of, yes! Learn how in this itchy episode on South America’s own almécega (Protium heptaphyllum).
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Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
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Additional Reading:
Observances of Protium heptaphyllum
Hyperdominance in the Tropics
Protium heptaphyllum and leaf cutter ants
Leaf Cutter Ants
When Ants Domesticated Fungi