swinging vines
Tarzan's travel method
Swinging vines are the long, hanging plant stems that jungle explorers and apes grab to travel through forest canopies—at least in adventure stories and Tarzan films.
The image is so embedded in popular culture that it serves as shorthand for jungle adventure: He swung from vine to vine like Tarzan.
In reality, most vines can't support a person's weight.
- Tarzan yellIconic vine-swinger's ululation
- jungleDense tropical forest
- tropical forestWarm, wet dense woodland
- lianaWoody climbing vine
- ropeThick twisted fibers
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plant structure type
swinging vinestree trunks
Main woody stems
roots · taproots · deadwood · stumps · woody stems