Herbarium of the Bizarre

Strangler Fig

Listen Later

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
    9. ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    Herbarium of the BizarreBy Meredith Hemphill