botanyshitposts:aphid-kirby: Me in my house welcoming you with excitement 1.mood 2.fun fact this b
botanyshitposts: aphid-kirby: Me in my house welcoming you with excitement 1.mood 2.fun fact this bat isnt being eaten; like, its roosting there for the night. this is Nepenthes hemsleyana, a pitcher plant species in a mutualistic relationship with the local tiny bat friends Kerivoula hardwickii (Hardwicke’s woolly bat)!! it works like this: - the pitchers are shaped to make a special distinctive reflection of the bat’s echolocation. so like, the bats can hear where the pitchers are and go to them for roosting. -the bats enter the pitchers and sit on this special rim inside that holds them above the water line so they dont get eaten on accident. -up to two teeny bat friends can fit in an average pitcher at a time lmao -the bat friends poop when they sleep and the plant eats the poop when it falls into the digestive fluid -bat friends get a safe place to sleep, pitcher plants get food! -- source link
#very interesting#plants