Evening jungle walk

In the evening around 4 pm, we went for another jungle walk.
We saw the walking palm. Its a variety of plam that has roots starting above the ground. If it is not getting enough sunlight, it starts roots in new direction in such a way that the plant leans into the new direction and starts getting sunlight at the new angle. Like this, this tree can move from 15-20 cms in a year.
We also saw a wasp's nest and a very symmetric ant hill.
Cicadas are insects that make most of the sounds in the jungle. They live from 8-10 years below the ground and built a tower like nest above the ground. The hole for the nest could extend about a meter below the ground. Eventually, when it is ready to fly off, it breaks the top of the nest and does so. It lives only 5-7 months after it starts flying.Weiterlesen