Thread by @ZoologiMY

Disebabkan Aidilfitri bakal menjelang, we wish to state that..Lemang Periuk Kera is not a wise option to opt for during the festive season. Selain daripada they're endangered sp or functionally important in our ecosystem, we ought to let u in on a one more secret.

Periuk kera or Nepenthes sp. has been known to exhibit a mutually beneficial relationship with a certain type of animals.

In this case, bats and rodents in particular.

A new study done by a group of scientist from UBD, suggest that these sp of carnivorous plant survives mostly off of bat faeces.

Hardwicke wooly bat, or Kerivoula hardwickii in the pic gets protection by roosting in the plant's rounded leaves, while the plant—which also traps insects—gains vital nutrients from the mammal's droppings.

Plants visited by bats had much more nitrogen in their leaves than control plants. In fact, bat feces can contribute at least 34 percent of the pitcher plant's nutrient needs.

Also, as seen in this picture below. Mountain treeshrew, Tupaia montana also makes the nepenthes as their toilet bowl.

Their relationship proves to benefit each other and as a human, we shouldnt take it as our own. They're there to benefit the ecosystem. It's not our right to accept such plants to be our delicacies.

Just stick to the usual lemang aja, boleh kan? 😉