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1 .Listen to part of a lecture in a biology class.
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2 .OK so far we've been studying interactions of populations in nature that belong to a category of negative, um, we've discussed predators that feed on the prey, like wolf and rabbit, corn root worms that feed on the corn and so forth.
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3 .This type of relationship is characterized by the fact that one organism actually harms the other.
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4 . Today, I wanna begin talking about some positive interactions.
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5 . First of all, let's look at mutualism and the classic mutualistic relationship.
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6 .A mutually stick relationship is when two organisms of different species work together, each benefiting from the relationship and do not harm each other.
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7 .Some mutualisms are so close that interacting species actually can't survive without each other.
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8 . One good example of this is the mutualistic relationship between the yucca plant and yucca moth, which you read about in your textbook for today.
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9 .Tom, why is it that the yucca plant can't live without the yucca moth?
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10 . S: Well It needs the yucca moth as a pollinate a right?
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11 .Um The yucca moth collects and carries the pollen from one flower to another. In different areas. The yucca plant will produce seeds that get carried off by the wind and eventually germinate and grow into new plants again.
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12 . Great. And Interestingly, only the yucca moth can pollinate the yucca plant.
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13 .Most people think of bees when they talk about a pollinater but even bees can't pollinate the yucca plant because they can't move the yucca pollen.
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14 .Yucca pollen is really heavy and sticky, so it can't be scattered by wind or by casual contact with other insects.
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15 .But the yucca moth has special mouth parts that enable it to carry the pollen.
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16 .Uh Jennifer, why can't the yucca moth live without the yucca plant?
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17 .S: Well what the female yucca moth does is, um, when she pollinates the yucca plant, she also lays her eggs.
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18 .And then when the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the yucca plant seeds.
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19 .They can't eat any other kind of food. I mean they will die from hunger unless they eat the yucca seeds.
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20 . Very good. So this is the perfect kind of relationship.
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21 .The yucca moth pollinates the yucca plant. The younger plants make seeds, and in return, the yucca moth gets food for its young from the yucca plant.
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22 . S: Excuse me, professor. Um I seem to be missing something here.
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23 .I mean, I thought you said in mutualism, neither species is harmed.
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24 .But the yucca moth larvae eat the yucca plant seeds. Doesn't that mean the yucca moth actually harms the yucca plant?
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25 . That's a good question, Tom. Actually, it's not that much of a problem, because there are plenty of seeds for the larvae to eat without harming the yucca plant supply.
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26 .Also, the yucca moth doesn't lay too many eggs. On one flower, she usually lays about one to three per flower.
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27 .So most of the seeds will still be safe when the eggs hatch.
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28 .But it raises an interesting question. What if a female yucca moth plays unfair? What if she plays an unfair game and lays more eggs on each chunk of flour than the usual one to three?
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29 . The moth would certainly be benefited this way, because more offspring could be produced, but it wouldn't be very good for the plant.
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30 . Well one scientist has observed that the yucca plant produces a huge array of flowers, and then drops a large number of flowers, including many that have been pollinated and have eggs on them.
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31 .This dropping of flowers is a matter of pure chance.
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32 .Uh You never know which flowers will fall off.
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33 .So if the yucca moth lays lots of eggs at a few flowers, those eggs may all be dropped.
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34 .And She may produce no young at all.
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35 .But if the yucca moth lays fewer eggs on lots and lots of flowers, there's a greater chance that more caterpillars will hatch and survive. Among the flowers that have remained on the planned.
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36 . According to the observation, perhaps the yucca plant is in a sense, forcing the moth to lay eggs thin and wide.
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