Palm Seed with Radio Transmitter (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Palm Seed with Radio Transmitter

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Researchers attached tiny radio transmitters to seeds in order to track them as they were dispersed throughout the forest by rodents.

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Patrick Jansen

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