ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱥᱩᱸᱴ ᱾ ᱥᱩᱸᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱡᱤᱞᱤᱟ, ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱞᱩᱴᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱜ-ᱟᱠᱚᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱥᱩᱸᱴ ᱛᱚ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱱᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱵ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨᱟ, ᱵᱟᱹᱲᱛᱤ ,ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱤᱞ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱹᱵᱽᱲᱩ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ ᱾ ᱥᱩᱸᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱪᱤᱠᱟᱹᱬ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱱᱥᱤᱴᱤᱵᱽ (sensitive) ᱜᱮᱭᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱩᱠᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱠᱟᱥᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱦᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ, ᱪᱮᱫᱟᱜ ᱚᱸᱰᱮ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱢᱩᱡ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱩᱸᱴ ᱠᱚᱨᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱴᱷᱟ ᱦᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱸᱴᱚᱜ-ᱟᱟᱸᱴᱚᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ <ref>http://news.discovery.com/animals/hungry-elephants-are-no-match-for-fearless-ants.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 |title=Hungry Elephants Are No Match for Fearless Ants : Discovery News</ref> <ref>Mutualism with ants occur on Acacia trees in Africa, such as the Whistling Thorn acacia. The acacias provide shelter for ants in the thorns and nectar in extrafloral nectaries for their symbiotic ants such as ''Crematogaster mimosae''. In turn, the ants protect the plant by attacking large mammalian herbivores and stem-boring beetles which damage the plant.</ref>