In fact, they would strip the acacia bare were it not for a unique partnership between the tree and a type of ant. The tree provides the ant with a home and nectar to feed on.
Akācija sagādā skudrām mājokli un nektāru, ar ko baroties, savukārt skudras sadzeļ ēdelīgās žirafes, paskubinot lēnīgos milžus soļot tālāk un skrubināt citu koku.