15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Symbiosis : mutualism

This photograph remind me of one of my least favourite subject to learn in my elementary school. Wich is biology, we learned about symbiosis so much that day, and I paid just a litle attention in symbiosis mutualism. I remember when my teacher write this “simbiosis mutualisme : kedua belah pihak saling menguntungkan” (symbiosis mutualism : both of organisms benefit from one another) on the big ‘ol black board. As soon as the school end, I just forgot what I learned. and as you can see on the photograph the moth drink the flower’s nectar and the flower got some help from the moth for its pollination process. It turn out that a little attention I gave on that day turn out to be memories that kept in the back of my mind, wait patiently to be recall. And this time it just run out of its cage and burst to my brain. Isn’t it beautiful how our mind works?

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2016
Date Uploaded: 06.2017
Photo Location: madiun, Indonesia
Camera: Canon EOS 600D
Copyright: © kartika cahyani