NEWS FLASH!
There are funguses (specific to the termite species they prey on!) that produce fruiting bodies that: 1.) look like termites eggs, 2.) taste like them to their termite hosts, and 3.) might even provide the termites with anti-fungal defenses in exchange for getting the termites to care for their fungal “cuckoo eggs”! This miracle of coevolution is further evidence that there are countless things to discover and wonder about in the world of “small things”. Check out this amazing discovery at:
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(08)01546-7?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982208015467%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
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