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