Strangler Fig

I’m back from vacation with a new microphone. So, how do you feel about murderous trees?

P.S. The new microphone is great. It is a lot more sensitive than the old one, though, so I’m sorry about the airplane (?) at about 4:35.

Music by James Milor from Pixabay

Information provided by:

1. https://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/strangler_figs.php


2. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/ST250


3. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1975.14.5.S/


4. https://www.science.org/content/article/being-strangled-may-save-tree-s-life


5. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_aurea


6. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_benghalensis


7. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangler_fig


8. Tropical Plants of Costa Rica by Willow Zuchowski