Large rainforest tree with buttress roots growing in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Sections have been cut out of the buttresses by the local indigenous peopl

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Large rainforest tree with buttress roots growing in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Sections have been cut out of the buttresses by the local indigenous people to make wooden utensils used for food preparation or panning gold. Photographed in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Photo credit: © DR MORLEY READ/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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