PM_your_cats_n_racks t1_ithuno8 wrote
Reply to comment by marketrent in Formation of Namibia’s fairy circles isn’t due to termites. Plants are "ecosystem engineers" that survive by forming optimal geometric patterns. by marketrent
I thought it was ants, not termites. Am I misremembering this?
The ants would kill all the plants in the center of the circle and then the circle would act as a water reservoir, maintaining the plants on the edge during the dry season.
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