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White caiman chillin’ by the side of the
river.
Giant frog. Matt the videographer
got really close up to film it. Then Anthony poked it with a stick, and it
lunged towards Matt, freaking Matt out as he tumbled backwards into the
forest.
There is a fungus among us.
I’d like to think I’m a fun guy, but not like this
fungi.
Decomposers of the forest necromass.
4 words: This Tree Is Big.
Actually, the tree itself is dead because it has been swallowed up by an even
bigger fig tree. Fig trees start as seeds dropped into the canopies of other
trees by birds, then they send down long roots to
the soil for water and nutrients, and eventually cover their whole host tree
killing it in the process. Because the host tree inside it was dead and
decomposing, you could actually walk into the tree center.
Here is another interesting tree which has red protruding extensions that
look like, um, well, sometimes it’s hard for
biologists to describe things in nature.
Anthony and Matt out on a boat in an eerie swamp.
Nice patterns.
Here we are up the canopy tower.
A view from the bottom.
Not a bad place to hang out. It’s kind of like a child’s
tree-house to the nth degree.
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