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Rainforest

Strangler fig
Strangler fig
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Germinating from a seed in bird droppings on a tree branch, a strangler fig seedling sends roots to the ground and eventually encases the host tree in a lattice of stems. Here the host has decayed leaving an open lattice as the lower trunk of the fig tree.

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Contents:
1.Ranomafana National Park
2.Analamazoatra Special Reserve
3.Montagne d'Ambre National Park
 ·Impatiens with spider
 ·Petit Cascade
 ·Strangler fig
 ·Gold tortoise
beetle

 ·Mating Dance Flies
 ·Weevil

4.Masoala
Peninsula

5.Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve
6.Former rainforest near Sambava
 
Golden Mantella, Mantella aurantiaca

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