AV Script: Bats: BATS OF LATIN AMERICA - Bat Conservation ...

28. Greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus)
with fish in feet (#0002211)
which will be carried off to a convenient perch and eaten.
29. African long-tongued fruit bat
(Megaloglossus woermanni) pollinating African
butter and tallow (Pentadesma butyracea)
fl ower (#0002212)
Other bats use large eyes and sensitive noses to detect a wide
variety of tropical fruits and flowers that produce unique odors
and visual cues designed specifically to attract bats. Flowers that
rely on bats are typically light colored, making them more
visible at night.
30. Hummingbird at Ipomoea guamoclit
flower (#0002213)
Red flowers more often attract birds. These are shaped
specifically to accommodate a hummingbird's narrow bill. They
also open and produce most of their nectar during the day,
when hummingbirds are active. The diversity of tropical forest
vegetation is largely a result of co-evolution between flowering
plants and the animals that pollinate them.
31. Butterfly at Lantana flower
(#0002214)
Flowers, such as this Lantana, are so tiny that only a butterfly's
tongue can enter.
32. "Wrong" bee at Senna flower
(#0002215)
In some cases, the relationship between a plant and its
pollinator is so precise that only a single species of insect, bird
or bat can successfully pollinate its flowers. Senna flowers are
pollinated by bumblebees. This bee is too small to extract
pollen or to contact the flower's reproductive organs.
RAIN FOREST ALLIES 7