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