Plant THE Survival of Filth BAT

This plant is a plant-shaped bag with a binomial nomenclatur Nepenthes rafflesiana, which also insectivorous. The plant is getting essential nutrients from the exhaust bat Hardwicke.

The relationship between bat Hardwicke and plant Nepenthes rafflesiana in Brunei bag is a symbiotic mutualism because not only are benefited crop sac. Bats roost protection with a round in the leaves of plants. “Outside estimate. This result is surprising, “said study leader T. Ulmar Grafe who is also a scientist at the Unversity of Brunei Darussalam.

Their relationship was discovered when one of his students Grafe found bats in the bag N. rafflesiana. When released, the bats alive and well. “Apparently sleeping in the bag,” Grafe said.

In fact, N. rafflesiana is a carnivorous plant that traps insects that fall into the bag. Insects that go slowly digested by enzymes in the base of the follicle.

The research team put the bat to the transmitter and then release it back into nature. They collected plants were selected marsupial bats. The researchers are also looking for plants that are not used marsupial bats as a comparison.

Plants used bats have more nitrogen in leaves than plants that are not used. Dirt is thrown bats roost contribute 34 percent during the entire dar nutrients that plants need.