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The ants live inside inflated thorns at the base of leaves of some species of Acacia trees.
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Why does the acacia plant let the ants live inside it?
The ants defend the plant from predators - and the plant produces sugars to feed the ants.
What adaptations do nigriceps ants have that allows them to survive in the savanna?
Nigricep ants live in the live in the whistling thorn acacia in the Savanna. They do this to help them survive. The whistling thorn acacia provides the ants with food during dry periods and shelter during rainy periods.
What animal lives in another plant or animal and eats that plant or animals wothout killing it?
I can think of no better example than acacia trees and acacia ants. The tree has special chambers for the ants to live in and it has special growths specially made for feeding the ants.
What other animals apart from giraffes eats the Acacia Tree?
acacia ants
What will happen if the ants were removed from the acacia tree?
If the ants were removed from the acacia tree the trees would be stripped of their leaves by elephants. The ants serve as a defense mechanism for the trees.
Are acacia tree ants poisonous?
yes
What is the relationship between bull's horn acacia and ants?
Mutualism
What is the symbiotic relationship between ants and acacia tree?
Parasitism
What is the symbiosis relationship between ants and the acacia tree?
They have a mutual relationship. At the base of the thorns of the acacia tree there are hollow lumps which the ants can turn into a hive. When animals, such as giraffes, start to eat the soft acacia leaves it vibrates the stems and the ants come out and attack the intruder annoying the giraffe so much that it stops eating at the acacia and moves on to find a less irritable meal. The tree then repays the ants by giving off a sweet nectar that the ants use to feed to there larvae. The ants also patrol down and around the base of the acacia and not eat but chew and destroy any other alien saplings growing in the vicinity of the acacia (not using a single bit of the destroyed plant). It is almost as if the ants know they are helping the acacia dominate and get as much water as possible.
The relationship between acacia trees and the ants that live on them is an example of?
Parasitism
What are some of the symbiotic relationships in the African savanna?
the stinging ants living in the thorns of the acacia tree to keep animals from eating the acacia's leaves
Which of these is NOT a benefit of the symbiotic relationship between the bullhorn acacia tree and acacia ants?
nothing exept to die. from answers.com
