A formidable barrier of protection
The sophistication of the various strategies for concealment and evasion and their hundreds of millions of years of adaptive refinement are not the only obstructions to revealing the secrets of this ancient rainforest. Indeed, one of the greatest difficulties of late has been entirely software related, with this weblog’s refusal to allow registration.
It would seem that the problem has (hopefully) been resolved and we eagerly await evidence of this resolution through an influx of comments.
In the meantime, the parasitic angiosperm Balanophera fungosa, has emerged from its subterranean concealment to flower and its it just a matter of time before a species of spider-mimicking ants carry the pollens throughout the forest on a nocturnal tour de force.
