Carnivorous Plant Lures Bats to Feed on Their Guano
The plant in question: Nepenthes rafflesiana . Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Carnivorous plants tend to make their homes in peat bogs and heaths—environments that have notoriously nutrient-deficient soils. They deal with these deficiencies by trapping insects, lizards, and even small mammals, absorbing nitrogen and other nutrients from their prey as they are slowly digested inside the plant. For one pitcher plant however, survival is less dependent on snaring unsuspecting pray than it… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Carnivorous Plant Lures Bats to Feed on Their Guano
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