Book review of Nature\'s I.Q. (Evolution)

by David Turell @, Thursday, September 17, 2009, 15:02 (5544 days ago) @ David Turell

More of Nature's IQ, not from the book:-17 September 2009 Newscientist.com-The pitcher plant is normally carnivorous, preying on spiders and ants. But ant densities are low in tropical mountainous forests. So pitcher plants (Nepenthes lowii) found in Borneo have had to get used to a still less appetising diet. -Pitcher plants and tree shrews have formed a relationship of mutual benefit: the shrews feed on the plant's wax and defecate into its convenient "lavatory", so providing the plant with 60 to 100 per cent of its nitrogen needs.


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