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