Alien Biospheres: Part 9 - Tropical Rainforest

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MUSIC: Wind of the rainforest - Kevin Macleod

BRACHIATION:
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PHOTO CREDIT:
Tree buttress roots – Bernard Dupont
Buttress roots – Patti Neuman
Rafflesia – ma_suska
Katydid – Geoff Gallice
Strawberry poison dart frog – Marshall hedin
Monarch and Viceroy – DRosenbach
Sword-billed hummingbird – DickDaniels
Lemur – Chris_huh
Red squirrel – hedera.baltica
Ibex – Cepas
Tree porcupine – Eric Kilby
FRIM canopy – MikeNorton
Alocasia – Σ64
Bee covered in pollen – Ragesoss
Rose-ringed parakeet eating leaves – JayDalal5

0:00 Rainforest
3:08 Forest floor
5:15 Deceptive pollination
6:48 Decomposers
8:03 Defensive mimicry
9:25 Müllerian mimicry
12:14 Epiphytes
14:11 Pollination
18:55 Seed dispersal
21:14 Scansoriality
23:08 Suspensoriality
24:25 Brachiation
26:59 Flight
29:46 Venom
31:59 Batesian mimicry
33:24 Venomous predators
35:11 Aggressive mimicry
36:54 Summary