What to Learn

  • The role of interaction in the living beings.
  • Interaction in animals (I): stimuli and receptors.
  • Interaction in animals (II): the need of a coordination process; the nervous systems.
  • Interaction in animals (III): effectors.
  • Interaction in plants: tropisms and nastics.

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Interaction in Animals
Butterfly larvae trick ants with scent and sound.

Butterfly larvae trick ants with scent and sound.

Ecologists report in Science how a species of butterfly tricks red ants into caring for them. The larvae chemically "smell" like ants, and can imitate noises that the ant queens make. Ecologist Jeremy Thomas describes the intertwined natural history of these two species. Streamed from NPR Science Friday Podcast.

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