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Plant and Bat Mutualism

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To maintain mutualism, plants specifically appeal to their animal partners' perception. This study show that Paleotropical carnivorous plants have reflective structures that are acoustically attractive for mutualistic bats. This phenomenon can similarly be found in a few Neotropical bat-pollinated flowers.

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Sch&ouml;ner et al./<em>Current Biolgoy</em> 2015. Additional images courtesy of C.C. Lee and M.D. Tuttle.

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