Form fits function
This picture was taken in a swampy area somewhere in Brokopondo, Suriname.

Form fits function

Serano Ramcharan Serano Ramcharan

Serano Ramcharan

Conservation Biologist MSc.

发布日期: 2023年8月13日
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Walking palms (Socratea sp.) grow stilt roots, to support them while growing on soggy soil in swamps. In case of a treefall the damaged palm grows from these stilt roots. The latter resembles the palm to walk away from its original location.

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