Kenji Matsuura
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Matsuura Kenji Matsuura
For several years, Kenji Matsuura, a biologist at Okayama University in Japan, has studied faux eggs, which he calls termite balls. But in a paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Dr. Matsuura showed that the presence or absence of fungal balls had no effect on the eggs. He concludes that the mimicry is clearly parasitic behavior, advantageous for only one party.