The fig tree, known as 'Amate' to the ancient Mayan Indians, is a giant of the tropical forest of Central America. Yet without a creature so small that it can stand on the head of a pin, it would not exist. The tree is completely dependent on the elaborate and intricate life-style of a tiny fig wasp; remarkably, the one cannot live without the other.
And that's not all. Through the seasons, by day and night, a strange community of plants and animals inhabits the tree, ranging from bromeliads growing on its branches to iguanas and howler monkeys which dine off its fruit and leaves, and pacas and jaguarandis that dwell in its roots.
BBC Bristol