南非利特弗雷自然保护区
伯切尔氏斑马和一只牛白鹭,南非利特弗雷自然保护区 (© Richard Du Toit/Minden Pictures)
我们可以好好相处(We can all just get along)
在这一天,当我们尊重世界上所有物种及其相互依存关系的时候,伯切尔斑马和牛白鹭为我们提供了一个共栖主义的伟大例子,一种共生关系,一个物种在不帮助或伤害其他物种的情况下获得利益——当斑马在草地上吃草时,它会煽动昆虫让白鹭吃。
原文:
On this day, when we honour all the world's species and their interdependence, the Burchell's zebra and the cattle egret give us a great example of commensalism, a type of symbiosis in which one species gets a benefit without helping or hurting the other species – as the zebra grazes in the grass, it stirs up insects for the egret to eat.
《© Richard Du Toit/Minden Pictures》