Nepenthes lowii: example of good recycling in nature!

    Nepenthes lowii: example of good recycling in nature!

    And it is still nature to set a good example, this time of perfect recycling! The Meet Nepenthes lowii comes from Borneo, the only plant in the world that collects animal droppings, recycling them and using them for the production of a sugary substance that becomes their nourishment, especially the shrew and some birds.



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    And it is still nature to give us a good example, this time of perfect recycling! It comes from Borneo there Nepenthes lowii, the only plant in the world that collects animal droppings, recycling them and using them for the production of a sugary substance that becomes their nourishment, especially the shrew and some birds.



    In short, a kind of natural jungle toilet and incredible example of self-sufficiency as the plant thrives in an environment notoriously low in nutrients. So, by recycling the excrement, this rare species of succulent plant it represents a formidable machine of nature capable of feeding rodents with all the nutrition they need.

    La Nepenthes lowii It born as carnivorous plant, but over time it has developed a passion for animal excrement, and it is precisely its unpleasant-smelling but sweet-tasting sap that attracts the shrew that once fed well, deposits its natural waste in the fleshy and conical plant flower. Daily Mail has recently published the image taken by Chien C. Lee who was the first to capture the Meet Nepenthes "in action" while "collecting" the excrement of a shrew.



    A precious example provided by Mother Nature to learn how to recycle and give new life even where it seems impossible to do it!

    Gloria Mastrantonio

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