These trees in Sri Lanka’s Wilpattu National Park look as if they grew from a rhizome

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There are nearly 30 national parks in Sri Lanka. In many of them, big game can be seen, from monkeys, deer and bears to leopards, water buffalo and elephants. But the bird life is also enormously diverse. In addition to the fauna, the vegetation is always fascinating. There are many different palm trees of all sizes, philodendrons and ficuses with leaves as big as an umbrella or even monstrous tree compounds like this one.