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These small, barrel shaped animals can filter up to 250 gallons of seawater a day. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/introduction/1362/ This 100-year-old sycomore fig supports an incredibly diverse array of wildlife. Here on a riverbank in southern Kenya, the regal tree is a hunting ground, home, and food source for a greater variety of animals than any other tree in Africa. But without the tiny fig wasp, none of this would be possible. NATURE’s “The Queen of Trees” airs on PBS Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 8 p.m. (check local listings), part of the 27th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc., Toyota, SC Johnson, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/introduction/1362/ Author: PBS Keywords: ecosystem fig fruit kenya nature pbs sycomore trees wasp wildlife wnet Added: September 2, 2008

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/introduction/1362/ It may be one of nature’s oddest couples: a tiny wasp that can barely be seen, and a giant fig tree, the sycomore, which shelters a remarkable menagerie of wildlife among its limbs in Kenya’s outback. The wasp and the fig depend on each other for survival. Without the wasp, the tree could not pollinate its flowers and produce seeds. Without the fig, the wasp would have nowhere to lay its eggs. NATURE’s “The Queen of Trees” airs on PBS Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 8 p.m. (check local listings), part of the 27th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc., Toyota, SC Johnson, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/introduction/1362/ Author: PBS Keywords: ecosystem fig kenya nature pbs sycomore trees wasps wnet Added: September 2, 2008

A study of Olympic National Park suggests the elimination of wolves 70 years ago has dramatically altered the park ecosystem. Larger elk herds triggered landscape transformation. The Oregon State University researchers take no position on whether wolves should be reintroduced into this part of the Northwest. Correspondent Tom Banse has more.

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