How Poop Turns Into Forests | Ludmila Rattis | TED

Did you know the world’s largest tropical forest is partly formed by seeds emerging from poop? Ecologist Ludmila Rattis reveals the surprisingly fruitful benefits of letting nature take care of its own business, sharing how the digestive habits of tapirs — pig-like creatures that roam Amazonia — spread seeds that help regenerate the forest and…

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@Eldora-dd2ug

February 28, 2024 at 11:42 am

The soundtrack, the heartbeat; orchestrating emotions effortlessly through every note.????

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@rezadaneshi

February 28, 2024 at 11:47 am

How much does the waste products of “all life forms ever lived on earth throughout history” weigh?

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- @justanothergrunt9053
  
  February 28, 2024 at 11:58 am
  
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@aldenisouza2015

February 28, 2024 at 11:48 am

I hope those animals can recuperate the Amazon forest.

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@thatsdaniellelol

February 28, 2024 at 11:48 am

Lol that first laugh was from the soul!
Man I’d live to live on a farm for a few months and learn how that whole life works.
Thats my dream!!
..well one of them

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@chaugg1

February 28, 2024 at 11:57 am

Great presentation ! Thank you! ????????

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@BartholomeusLavern

February 28, 2024 at 12:04 pm

This comment won’t get over 17 likes…

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- @ForSteam-rn5ih
  
  February 28, 2024 at 1:49 pm
  
  You wrote exactly my dear friend
  
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- @umer8509
  
  February 28, 2024 at 2:26 pm
  
  It didn’t
  
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@Phlotonic

February 28, 2024 at 12:16 pm

Most holistic shitposting I’ve ever seen

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@anupammukherjee9249

February 28, 2024 at 1:10 pm

Amazingly positive & inspiringly bio friendly!

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@melmmitchell

February 28, 2024 at 6:18 pm

That Brazilian she rules, greetings from Salvador-Bahia

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@v.prestorpnrcrtlcrt2096

February 28, 2024 at 10:13 pm

Knock it off with the closed captions

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@greenheaven_30x

February 29, 2024 at 6:04 am

May the policymaker hear and bear with the truth of this story.

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@greenheaven_30x

February 29, 2024 at 6:06 am

@TED Why so short? PLEASE make it 20 to 25 minutes, let it be comprehensive, and elaborate.

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@KateAgnes

February 29, 2024 at 6:22 am

I hope more people work together to save yourself saving the forests daily basis like my compatriot brazilian does at her work. Thank you for all and your family for preserving forests and wild animals

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@zm23f

February 29, 2024 at 12:06 pm

Modern TED is????

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@PHANTASMONE

March 3, 2024 at 2:07 pm

She is Brazilian ????????

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Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise| Equity

Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants? That’s the bet behind Ode with Anthropic — the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms, backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs and others. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down…

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