How Tiny Rodents Take the Place of Mastodons in an Ancient Ecosystem
Scientists believe that thousands of years ago, megafauna like mastadons helped disperse the enormous seeds of many plants. They’d eat the seeds, and then deposit them in their wanderings. But, with those creatures millennia dead, how do these plants still survive? In one case, it due to thievery-loving rodents. In Panama, the black palm seeds…
