Whistling Thorn Acacia Tree Corm
Cocktail Ants, aka Acrobat Ants or Valentine Ants, climbing in and out of holes they have made in a corm of a Whistling Thorn Acacia Tree. The Ants and Tree enjoy a symbiotic relationship. The tree offers a home and the ants protect the tree by ganging up on herbivores wanting to eat the foliage of the tree. The ants bite the lips and tongue of the herbivore.
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