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