Dubbed “yellow crazy ants” by people, an invasive ant drives birds crazy too.
BERRY PICKING A native bird called the Christmas Island white-eye (left) doesn’t feed on as many berries as usual when invasive yellow crazy ants swarm over plants. Researchers measured this anti-fruit effect by setting out artificial berries and checking for pecks by a thrush (top) and white-eye (bottom).
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