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Freaky Facts and Features of Creepy Crawly Creatures of the Rainforest |
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Strangler Fig |
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Strangler Figs are known as matapalo or 'killer tree' in Spanish. |
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Strangler figs surround a "host tree". It grows quickly and eventually suffocates the host. When the host tree dies it leaves an enormous upright strangler with a hollow core. |
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By using an adult tree as its host, the strangler fig avoids competition for light and nutrients at ground level. |
