Wherever they grow, figs are a magnet for the great diversity of animals. 不管怎样 无花果树是造成生物多样性的一个重要原因
each tree flowers or fruits at a different time of the year 树木全年不同时候都可以开花结果
Monkeys, like these tamarinds, must search the canopy for all kinds of food if they're to survive. 绢毛猴为了生存到处寻找树冠层的食物
At the top, is the canopy, the engine room of the jungle. 雨林的顶部是树冠层--雨林的动力室
It's up here that most of the animal life in the rainforest can be found 在这里也可以找到大量的雨林动物
But despite the apparent abundance of vegetable food, 显而易见的原因是这里有丰富的蔬果
The ultimate winners are the tortoises, the slow and steady hardwoods. 最后的胜利者是这些长得又稳又慢的阔叶树
When the short lived pioneers have fallen, it's the hardwoods that take their place, 短命的先锋植物衰败的时候 阔叶树就取代了它们的位置
and a fifty meter giant, like this one, may keep it's place in the sun for another two hundred years. 这颗50米高的树将在剩下的200年里汲取阳光