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Kerivoula hardwickii
A Hardwicke's woolly bat (Kerivoula hardwickii) approaching a pitcher plant (Nepenthes hemsleyana) in Borneo. This tiny 4-gram bat will enter and roost in the pitcher. The plant has evolved special adaptations to encourage bat use, and in exchange it feeds on nitrogen from the bat's droppings instead of capturing insects or other animals like most pitcher plant species.
Pitcher plant (Nepenthes hemsleyana) in Brunei, Borneo
Spotted on Aug 5, 2014
Submitted on Jul 5, 2016
8 Comments
well deserved SOTD
Great image and interesting info. Thanks for sharing this.
Nice capture, Merlin!
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simply amazing!
Great shot! Congratulations on your Spotting of the Day!
Congrats Merlin Tuttle, this amazing spotting has been chosen as Spotting of the Day!
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Welcome to Project Noah. What an amazing photo and species of bat! <3