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