ANT TALK (TRUMPET TREE)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

In our penultimate episode about the topic, we explore symbiosis across kingdoms, and dive into the relationship between the trumpet tree (Cercopia obtusifolia) and its evolutionary partners, Azteca ants. Then we reveal a new game!

Completely Arbortrary is produced and hosted by Casey Clapp and Alex Crowson

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Nitzlnader

Additional Reading:

The trumpet-tree (Cecropia obtusifolia)
Müllerian bodies
https://ants.biology.utah.edu/ANTPLANTS/CECROPIA/Cecropia.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophily
Ants and Trees: A Lifelong Relationship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia_cornigera

 
Alex Crowson
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