00:00nature's invisible partnerships how species survive together nature is not just competition
00:08it is partnership bats pollinate agave flowers at night squirrels bury acorns and accidentally
00:16plant future oak trees ants protect acacia trees while living inside them fig wasps pollinate
00:23figs in one of the tightest relationships in nature tree frogs use water-filled bromeliads
00:29as nurseries gobies stand guard while pistol shrimp dig shared burrows mycorrhizal fungi help trees
00:36absorb water and nutrients while trees feed the fungi sugars corals rely on algae living inside
00:43their tissues for food clownfish hide among sea anemone tentacles while helping clean and defend
00:49their hosts pitcher plants can shelter bats and receive nutrients from droppings honey guides can
00:56lead humans and sometimes other animals toward beehives every one of these relationships shows
01:03the same truth survival is often shared one species offers shelter another offers protection one moves
01:12pollen another spreads seeds one provides food another cleans guards fertilizes or guides
01:20but partnerships can break habitat loss pesticides climate change invasive species and pollution
01:27can remove one partner and leave the other struggling a plant may lose its pollinator a coral may lose its
01:35algae a forest may lose its seed carriers nature is connected by invisible deals break enough of them and the
01:45whole
01:45the whole system starts to wobble
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