Cecropia Tree Rotation Testing
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Channel: Digital Naturalism Laboratories (Andrew Quitmeyer) · 2012 · Science & Technology
There was a myth that Cecropia trees rotated during the day to help keep their Azteca ants cool. I wanted to see if this happened. I marked trees' leaves, and timelapsed them. They look like they don't twist at all.
