If a group of mantella frogs were transported to the ecosystem of the poison dart frogs, what might happen to the two species populations?
The mantella frogs and poison dart frogs will compete for food. Both groups are frogs are capable of storing ants' toxic alkaloid molecules in their glands without being harmed. Ants either synthesize these alkaloids themselves or acquire them from the plants on which they feed.
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About Ants
Ants are insects of the family Formicidae and belong to the order Hymenoptera. They are thought to have evolved from wasp-like creatures sometime between 110 to 130 million years ago and then evolved after the rise of flowering plants. There are an estimated 22,000 different species, out of which only about 12,500 have actually been classified.
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