How to Survive the Jungle as a Plant {Adaptations} | Plants of Costa Rica

[@heathermacphail5812]

Best video about the plants of Costa Rica

[@parkpatt]

Keep it up! This was really cool. I feel lucky YT brought me to such a small channel.

[@manamsana3786]

I don't know why hy this channel doesn't grow!! It's amazing...

[@robertfaber6796]

Always interesting.

[@NathL-fr]

Thank you for the sharing of your own discovering! Hello from France ☺️

[@AmblingwithSam]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KenPaulsen13]

Great video!

[@CapzVerse]

Thank you for uploading this second part. I love the rainforest and I have studied it for several years now but have never had the change to go there but your videos are very informative and they Help people understand the rainforest. Greetings from Denmark

[@AmblingwithSam]

Thanks! Glad that this was informative. I can relate. I've always been interested in them too, and even after being to rainforests a couple times, it's still hard to get enough of it. There's just so much to see and learn about!

[@JoanneKaravara]

I love to know more!

[@sjgoertzen8478]

Very interesting! And who knew there was such a thing as spiral ginger?

[@bobm3477]

Why do some palm trees grow seemingly lethal spikes? I refer to them as f,,, off trees. Do they only occur in the Osa?

[@AmblingwithSam]

Great question! As your name for them would imply, a common function of these spines is to keep herbivores away. You can see this especially in some palm species that have spines only when young, when they would be most vulnerable and most enticing as a snack. Depending on the tree and its local ecosystem, it could possibly also be to keep animals from climbing it, and/or to keep other plants from growing on it, which could threaten to smother it and steal its light. Especially if the tree is in a spot where it can sway in the wind, the spikes can be turned into sawing blades to cut up any vines that try to climb its trunk. You can find spiny palms in many other parts of the world too. And fun fact: sometimes people find practical uses for them. An interesting thing I got to see in the rainforest in Ecuador was some people using a section of one of these palms' trunks as a vegetable shredder.