Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Strangler fig (Ficus virens) at night lit by the moon, known as the Curtain Fig Tree, this individual is over 500 years old, Atherton Tablelands, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Queens...

Juergen Freund / Tracking timelapse looking upwards into the hollow left by a Strangler fig (Ficus), Lake Barrine, Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, North Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) feeding on preying mantis in strangler fig tree, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Konrad Wothe / Strangler Fig Tree (Ficus virens) beside water in rainforest, Lake Eacham NP, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October 2010

Konrad Wothe / Looking up the roots of a Strangler / Curtain Fig Tree (Ficus virens) rainforest, Curtain Fig Tree NP, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Tim Laman / Strangler Fig (Ficus sp.) that has killed its host tree long ago. The host has rotted away, leaving a hollow center. Lowland rainforest in Borneo. Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Young boy aged 7 (model released) playing / climbing on Strangler fig (Ficus destruens) roots growing, tropical rainforest, Borneo, Malaysia

Neil Lucas / Strangler fig tree (Ficus sp) in Danham Valley, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Comb crested dragon lizard {Gonocephalus liogaster} on Strangler fig roots, Danum valley forest reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Roots of Strangler fig tree, Daintree National Park, Queensland, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Strangler fig roots growing up trees in Dry forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

David Tipling / Strangler fig (Ficus sp) growing up emergent tree in tropical rainforest. Nara, Makira Island, Solomon Islands.