To attract animals
For humans to eat
To store sugar to use later
They use it to build a nest
They feed it to fungus, which ant larvae eat
Adult ants eat the leaves
Ant larvae eat the leaves
Canopy and forest floor
Emergents and canopy
Forest floor and deep floor
Emergents and the sky
Rainforests get between 0 and 50 inches of rain a year.
Strangler fig
Emergent
Equatorial tree
Abnormal
Lay eggs for tadpole food
Carry them to pockets of water
Find pockets of water for them
All of the above
It cools them off
Sloths eat algae and bacteria
It acts as camouflage
It attracts insects the sloth eats