The Tree that Kills Other Trees: The Strangler Fig
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- #trees #plants #botany
People are always underestimating plants especially trees, you know they see them as these static things on the landscape that pump out some oxygen for breathing, but trees have their own interesting and exciting lives, it just takes place on a different time scale. To a tree a forest is a highly competitive and overcrowded place, especially in a rainforest where trees grow so close together they form a thick canopy that blocks most light from penetrating to the forest floor, where most seedling trees start out. Shaded and stuck in the dark, only a lucky few will grow into Giants, relying on old trees falling over and forming a light gap, where a young tree has to fight for its spot in the rainforest skyline. All this hard competition can drive a tree to resort to violence to try and steal a spot in the canopy, and for a few plants in the genus Ficus, that is exactly what happens...
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Putz, Francis E.; N. Michele Holbrook (1989). "Strangler Fig Rooting Habits and Nutrient Relations in the Llanos of Venezuela". American Journal of Botany. 76 (6): 781-788. doi:10.2307/2444534. JSTOR 2444534.
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WHAT is this fig being a million flowers. That is bananas! That expression needs to be "that is figs" because figs are way stranger than bananas.
And strangler figs!? Wow, two new mind-blowing facts in one video.
Keep this set of facts in your back pocket for the next time someone says that plants are boring. Thanks for sharing, JJ!
Yeah flowers and fruit get super confusing. Thank you so much for watching and glad you enjoyed it.
JJ
Strangler figs are such incredible plants, probably one of my favorite trees. The size they can attain is unbelievable, and I find their competitive strategy to be fascinating. You explained it all really well, great work as always JJ!
- Harrison and Evan
In Costa Rica did tou ever get the chance to climb up inside one? I have to say that was one of the craziest experiences I have ever done was climbing 40 or so feet up into a tree and then pop out in the canopy, such amazing plants.
-JJ
We got to explore the root system of one, but not climb it.
I’ve read about these, and I never imagined them to be this bizarre! Excellent video JJ! I really enjoyed it
Thank you, yeah they are a really neat plant that is super exciting to see, or even climb inside.
-JJ
I never knew plants were this interesting! Thank you very much!
Yeah strangler figs are an very interesting plant, I do hope to continue talking about plants because they are often forgotten about because their behavior happens on a different timescale. Definitely need to talk orchids and mistletoe one of these days.
-JJ
Definitely a channel that needs to be more seen
Thank you
Plants don't get enough credit! And wasps only get more incredible the more I learn about them.
Yes wasps are just out of this world half the time. I am enjoying trying to make some videos about plants, as they just fade into the background in our minds half the time,. hopefully a plant like the strangler fig illustrates that is not the case
JJ
Hey man, great video. I love it. I'm doing a presentation about three different plants, and the Ficus is one of them.
It's interesting to think that trees are violent too, competition is high. Thanks, I learned a lot. 👍
Yeah thinking about how plants have all these behaviors we have trouble observing because it happens at a different timescale is really neat.
This was great!
Thank you
-JJ
Does the fruit on this strangler fig taste any good?
They are figs, I would assume they taste alright, they look pretty good
Of course a fig is a killer in tree world... their fruits are always foul
3rd
Uninspired narration. Could be so much better.
How could it be improved?
Sorry, I didn’t mean to be negative. Your voice sounds young and perhaps I was harsh.
Your intonation flat and monotone. Almost painful to listen to.
Seek professional advice or study up on public speaking and narration. You can make it great quickly I suggest. Wishing you the best.