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