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