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Posted on 09/14/2015 7:49:19 AM PDT by fishtank
Pitcher Plants Designed to Attract Bats
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Evidence for Creation › Evidence from Science › Evidence from the Life Sciences › Life Was Created Fully Functional
Even children learn that plants and animals depend on one another. Plants release oxygen for animals to breathe, and plants make food—mostly sugar—for animals to eat. In turn, animals produce carbon dioxide so plants can grow using sunlight. This ecological interdependence shows enough divine design to inspire any honest thinker to consider a Creator, but a recently discovered interaction between pitcher plants and bats shows even more.1
Pitcher plants in tropical Borneo, the largest island in Asia, attract a particular species of bat to roost right inside their pitchers. The plants absorb nitrogen from the bat waste that drops to the bottom of the pitchers, and the bats enjoy comfy digs. Researchers already knew that pitcher plants in South American jungles grow flowers that attract bats for pollination, but the Asian version is unique. They give bats a safe place to roost during daylight hours. How do bats discern these preferred pitcher plants from the surrounding dense jungle foliage, and does the answer to that question help explain how this all might have evolved?
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Sorry, I thought it was an article about baseball..
I remember like it was yesterday, some 30 years ago..my first time sitting at a cafe at dusk, on the Riverwalk in an San Antonio, watching millions of bats take to the sky...
hate to mention this curve ball, but what if the pitcher throws a no hitter? what does that do to the bats?
i ll tell you what it proves: a higher power didn’t want the spread to be covered.
hate to mention this curve ball, but what if the pitcher throws a no hitter? what does that do to the bats?
It doesn’t matter, the bats are covered by the pine tar
rule.
Yeah, but do they recognize the infield fly rule?
Symbiosis / symbiotic relationship and how they evolved is well covered in scientific journals. This is an example of one type.
you mean the infield mosquito rule don’t you?
Daffy, that is an amazing pic. the structure of the wing and bones and muscles supporting it is incredible.
Sorry, I thought it was an article about baseball.
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Likewise, I immediately assumed it was about a team being ‘routed’ and an outfielder was called on to mop up.
I believe it was S Koufax that once said he became a REAL pitcher when he learned to put the ball where the batter would swing at it (something like that)
The amazing thing to me is the lack of muscle.
the shoulders maybe but the wing joints don’t
look substantial at all.
A DINGBAT.
Isn’t nature miraculous? Gossamer wings.
For years, I have a small *flock* of bats that arrive in my backyard at dusk [about a dozen, or so] to feed. We noticed they weren’t around this year, and lo and behold, saw 4 the other night. The small brown bat colonies here have been suffering from the deadly *white-nose syndrome* and I was delighted to see the few that survived. Welcome guests in my yard.
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