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Feb 21, 2014 7:58 AM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
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This Australian native offers accommodation inside its bulbous leaves for ants. In return, the plant gets benefits from the ants' waste products and a degree of aggressive protection by them. This is an example of myrmecophily.
The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.
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