Re:Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life...
by PicassoCTs on Monday April 26, 2021 @05:39AM
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Also, the eternal war between grass and forest comes to mind, the concept of fast, regenerative and self-destructive vs longterm investment killing the looping upstarts below.
Include in that the fire-economy of some forest and savannahs + the animals marshalled by these ecosystems and "peaceful" nature stops looking peaceful
For example some ficus grow over other trees, and later the roots cover the old tree until it dies. They don't eat the other tree, just "reuse" the wood to have an initial high place to get light. I coudn't find a nice link about this, but here are a few photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/rodolfocol/15129590163/in/phot... https://www.alamy.es/brasil-el-pantanal-parasito-higuera-fic...