Bats use carnivorous plants as a toilet

Bats in Borneo routinely sit on carnivorous pitchers and using them as a toilet. Plants do not mind. They, on the contrary, trying to attract the animals, because they get such an unusual way of eating.

During the expedition in the forests of Borneo, scientists monitored the movements of bats Hardwick (Kerivoula hardwickii). It turned out, many animals repeatedly chose to rest and sleep pitchers Nepenthes rafflesiana elongata. Chemical test leaves of these plants showed that 33, 8% of the nutrients obtained from Nepenthes Fairy * Aly and urine of bats.

Further analysis revealed that these carnivorous plants are not too zealous in catching insects generate little odorous substances, luring victims generate enough digestive fluids. Instead, they invested in the growth of the actual pitchers who make convenient perches for flying mice.

For animals plants - a convenient platform resting places on the way from the house hunting, and at times, may be, and the house itself - says the biologist. For plants, waste mice - an excellent source of nutrition.

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