Assertion: ant | /r/CapableOf | protect aphid
Facets:
value: from natural predators
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in their nest
type: LOCATION
value: by attacking them
type: MANNER
value: in the farming
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Ants will protect aphids from natural predators, and shelter them in their nests from heavy rain showers in order to gain a constant supply of honeydew.
text: Much the same way we keep cattle, these ants keep aphids, which drink plants’ nutrients and excrete a sugary substance called honeydew that ants eat.
text: Ants will also defend aphids from insect predators, such as lady beetles and lacewings, by attacking them in large numbers.
text: Ants will protect aphids from natural predators, and shelter them in their nests from heavy rain showers in order to gain a constant supply of honeydew.
text: These ants follow and protect the aphids as they forage for sap, and in return the aphids produce a highly nutritious nectar secretion for the ants.
text: These ants follow and protect the aphids as they forage for sap, and in return the aphids produce a highly nutritious nectar secretion for the ants.
text: In the farming, the ants protect the aphids while they excrete a sugary fluid called honeydew, which the ants get by stroking the aphids with their antennae.
text: An example of symbiosis : the ant protects the aphids and harvests their sugary
text: Some ants even keep aphids in their nest as a farmer would keep a cow, giving them food and shelter in exchange for honeydew.