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Connect the Dots: Bai
How are organisms in this ecosystem connected?
READ a clue in the speech bubble. Then FIND and CLICK on the organism. When you have found them all, explore more connections!
At the edge of the bai, or marshy clearing, I collect leaves to make baskets.
Can you find me?
That's me!
BaAka also use plants for food and medicine.
Which common tree has leaves distinctively arranged like an umbrella?
Yup, that’s it!
Umbrella trees are found near the forest edge, where there is lots of sunlight.
What small lizard is found nearby, living on tree trunks and logs?
That's right!
The speckle-lipped mabuya finds food and lays eggs in this damp environment.
Which large beetle does the mabuya eat?
You found it!
Yup, the dung beetle eats the droppings of animals that visit the bai.
Which large plant-eating creature produces a big part of the beetle’s diet?
Correct!
Gentle forest elephants eat huge amounts of plants.
Where do elephants find water and wallow in the mud?
That’s right!
Water pools are the main focus of the bai because animals are drawn to their mineral-rich water and soil.
At the edge of the bai, or marshy clearing, I collect leaves to make baskets.
Can you find me?
Image Credits:
Illustrations by AMNH/Laura Friedman