Original air date: 14 December 2005
Almost an extended version of the Trials of life’s Living together with parasites of all kinds except this one is mainly restricted to insects and plants.
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A stick insect fooling ants into nurturing for one of theirs
A stick insect egg looks very much like a nutritious seed (top left) coming down from one of the trees and it DID come from above. On those grounds an ant takes it (top right, 21’55) underground where it is nurtured like a seed. However, it does not get eaten and in due time (maybe a few years) it will develop into an adult – bottom right (21’40-22’53).