Day 2-
Wow! In just two days we have seen lots of competition between plants AND animals!
Many industries and furniture companies are cutting down rainforest trees which is decreasing the size of the rainforest.
We also have seen many hummingbirds sucking nectar from the flowers and plants in the rainforest which is causing lots of competition between them.
Some lizards were spotted competing to gather bugs for food too. The lizards prey in different spots to gather food and compete with one other.

Here are some of the relationships we have seen today:
There have been many symbiotic relationships seen. Many beautiful types of fungi are protected by leaf cutter ants. The ants eat the pests and mold off the fungi. This is a great example of a mutual symbiotic relationship.
Also, we have seen parasitism with strangler fig growing on trees! The fig takes all the nutrients out of the tree, but the fig benefits and the tree does not.
Commensalism is shown through bromeliads that grow on higher branches of trees. This doesn't damage the trees, but allows the bromeliad to grow!
Lastly, we have seen a great amount of trees competing for sunlight! The trees here are very tall and are occasionally trapped under the canopy of tree leaves.