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Rainforest Mystery
“I know my actions look bad,” the strangler fig replied.
to remain alive
v.
“But it’s how I survive. Animals eat my fruit and drop fig
survive
seeds! The seeds grow wherever they land—often in
cracks in tree bark. And the roots wrap around whatever
they grow on. If it is a tree, we call it a host tree.
However, this does not always kill the host tree.”
Unit 4 | Rainforest Mystery
