BATS ARE POLLINATORS! 🌺 🦇 🌸 From deserts of the American Southwest to the high Andes of South America and the Caribbean Islands, hundreds of species of agave and cactus plants rely on bats for pollination. 🥃 Mexico’s entire tequila industry relies on bats to pollinate agave. 🍌 All commercial bananas originated from bat-pollinated ancestors in SE Asia. Commercial bananas in the U.S. don’t have seeds, so they don’t need to be pollinated, but the wild bat-pollinated bananas remain key sources
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BATS ARE POLLINATORS! 🌺 🦇 🌸 From deserts of the American Southwest to the high Andes of South America and the Caribbean Islands, hundreds of species of agave and cactus plants rely on bats for pollination. 🥃 Mexico’s entire tequila industry relies on bats to pollinate agave. 🍌 All commercial bananas originated from bat-pollinated ancestors in SE Asia. Commercial bananas in the U.S. don’t have seeds, so they don’t need to be pollinated, but the wild bat-pollinated bananas remain key sources
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Bats aren't spooky, they're awesome! Bats help protect our environment and crops by controlling insect populations, dispersing seeds, pollinating plants and distributing nutrients. AND they're cute! Have you ever had a chance to see a bat up close? Check 'em out and learn more about bats with CDFW Statewide Coordinator for Small Mammal Conservation Katrina Smith in this video that celebrates bats during Bat Week and Halloween. Like many mammals, bats can carry rabies but if you give them space,
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Bats aren't spooky, they're awesome! Bats help protect our environment and crops by controlling insect populations, dispersing seeds, pollinating plants and distributing nutrients. AND they're cute! Have you ever had a chance to see a bat up close? Check 'em out and learn more about bats with CDFW Statewide Coordinator for Small Mammal Conservation Katrina Smith in this video that celebrates bats during Bat Week and Halloween. Like many mammals, bats can carry rabies but if you give them space,
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