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Flies Get The Hots For Daisies With Spots  

"The spots on the flowers mimic the plant's pollinator, a small fly, which is attracted to the plant because of the spots."

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Pandas Are Not The Only Ones  

"Ethiopia's mysterious Bale monkey eats almost nothing but bamboo, according to the first study of the primate."

   5 rating(s)      

The Flower That Makes Predators Into Pollinators  

"A species of orchid, which lives on the Chinese island of Hainan, fools its hornet pollinator by issuing a chemical that honeybees use to send an alarm."

   4 rating(s)      

Ants That Do The Seeds' Bidding  

"Our results show that chemical cues alone, rather than visual or tactile characteristics of (ant garden) seeds, are sufficient to attract (ant garden) ants and elicit the seed-collecting behavior that underlies the complex (ant garden) mutualism."

   5 rating(s)      

The Wind Beneath Their Wings  

"A tiny species of wasp, just 1.5 millimetres long, can shuttle pollen between isolated fig trees in a desert landscape, flying up to 160km in a single night with the help of the prevailing winds."

   4 rating(s)