The Plant That Gave Up Meat for Dung: Wallace and the Pitcher Plant

In Borneo, pitcher plants do more than trap insects. Their leaf-made vessels open a journey through some of nature’s strangest partnerships — from diving ants living inside carnivorous plants to tree shrews using pitchers as feeding stations and latrines, and bats finding plant-made roosts by echo while delivering nitrogen in return.  

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What is The Bedside Naturalist?

Natural history for the end of the day. Remarkable animals, plants, fossils, and vanished worlds, told calmly enough to fall asleep to and richly enough to stay awake for. Follow closely, let your attention drift, or fall asleep and pick the story up again when you return.

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