When you're an ant but also a fungus tycoon
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Charles Wallace |
TED-Ed
• March 2023
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. [Directed by Charlotte Arene, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires].