Did you know that chimpanzees use tools? Chimpanzees 'fish' for termites in termite mounds by stripping thin twigs of leaves and poking them into the tunnels in the mound. Termites will grab onto the twig and be lifted out to the chimpanzee's waiting mouth!
Fog-trapping redwoods found crucial to forest health
Fog-trapping redwoods found crucial to forest health Researchers used to think that trees' absorption
of water robs the rest of their habitat of water rather than
restoring water to it. However, plant ecologist Dr. Todd Dawson has
published a study that shows that giant redwood trees' mechanism of
collecting water from fog provides large amounts of water to both
the trees and the ground around them. The redwoods catch fog water
in their needles and branches. The water then drips from the
branches and runs down the trunk, providing water for the tree and
also to the ground surrounding it. This water can be crucial to the
survival of other plants growing around the tree and also to the
animals that live in the forest. This study shows the importance of
the redwood population to the health of the rest of the species in
the area.
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