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The climbers' strategy looks chaotic but there' s method in their madness. Their growing tips circle like lassoes, searching out anchors for their spindly stems. They put coils in their tendrils so that if their support moves, they will stretch and not snap. But the frontrunners at this stage, the first to fill the clearing, are pioneers like the macarangas. Their immense leaves capture huge amounts of sunlight, so fuelling their growth. As a result the macarangas grow a remarkable eight metres a year surging ahead of almost all their rivals. In the race for the top spot hundreds will start yet few will ever reach the finishing line, their growth cut short by the diminishing light. |
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pān yuán zhí wù de cè lüè kàn shang qu zá luàn wú xù, dàn shí jì shang tā men zài fēng kuáng zhōng yǒu zì jǐ de zhāng chéng. tā men jīng téng de dǐng duān wān qū chéng tào suǒ zhuàng, bù tíng dì wèi tā men xì cháng de jīng téng xún zhǎo zhī chēng wù. tā de juǎn qū rào chéng yuán quān, zhèi xiē juǎn qū kě yǐ shēn suō ér bù zhì yú zhé duàn. zuì xiān zhàn lǐng dà piàn lín jiān kòng dì de shì xuè tóng shù zhī lèi de kuài sù shēng zhǎng zhě, tā men dà ér mì de yè zi xī shōu le dà liàng de yáng guāng, cù jìn le tā men de shēng zhǎng. jié guǒ xuè tóng shù yī nián jiù zhǎng gāo le bā mǐ, jī hū bǎ suǒ yǒu de jìng zhēng zhě dōu shuǎi zài le hòu miàn. zuì chū zhàn zài qǐ pǎo xiàn shàng de yǒu shù bǎi wèi, dàn shì dào dá zhōng diǎn de què jí shǎo, duō shù zhí wù yīn wèi dé bú dào yáng guāng ér tíng zhǐ le shēng zhǎng. |