The Queen of Trees

• Movies
• 2005-11-22
• EN
• Released
• 0h 57m
• GB
• Drama - Documentary

• 7.3
• 5

Production

BBC

Tagline

The remarkable story of an African fig tree and the special relationship it has with a tiny insect partner.

Storyline

In Africa, the giant fig tree and the tiny fig wasp differ in size a billion times over, but neither could exist without the other. Their extraordinary relationship is a marvel of co-evolution, a marriage which has lasted for millennia. It forms the basis of a complex web of dependency that supports entire ecosystems, providing food for thousands of creatures, from elephants, giraffes, and fruit bats, to forest hornbills, monkeys, insects, and fish.