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