@bucbotany : #SeedDispersal Some plants reward animals for spreading seeds. e.g. ants! Myrmecochory. Small seeds that ants can carry with gift of food for ant attached (elaiosome). Taken into nests, gift eaten, seed discarded in good location to grow. #BUC25025 • TwiCopy

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#SeedDispersal Some plants reward animals for spreading seeds. e.g. ants! Myrmecochory. Small seeds that ants can carry with gift of food for ant attached (elaiosome). Taken into nests, gift eaten, seed discarded in good location to grow. #BUC2025

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