TED-Ed
When you're an ant but also a fungus tycoon - Charles Wallace
2023 • E24 Mar 23, 2023 5m
In a Texas clearing, an ancient tale that ties four species together is unfurling. The first involved is a soon-to-be queen leafcutter ant. The second is fungus, a piece of which she scoops into her mouth pocket. The third are cockroaches, which nestle under her wings. And the fourth is the one that threatens them all. Charles Wallace takes a look inside the ant colony as a queen begins her reign.
Lesson by Charles Wallace, directed by Charlotte Arene.
Lesson by Charles Wallace, directed by Charlotte Arene.