A Plant That Thrives When Used as a Toilet
 

Came across this article while browsing on CPUK. Interesting to see that tree shrew sitting on the throne.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/sc...cher.html?_r=3

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Thanks for the link, BA. Interesting !

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Haha.... very environmental "friendly" toilet.. *biggrin2*

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Hahahahaha. Lowii really looks like a toilet bowl. An organic green toilet bowl for animals.

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Thinking of reading the original article. Maybe Ch'ien Lee can assist. Ahem! Ch'ien, you reading this thread?

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Aha! So not only birds then, but also other animals as well! Very "clever" these Lowii!

Thanks for Sharing Bactrus!

TTFN
Arvin

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Hahaha... interesting! Thanks BA for the link.

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Hmm, maybe I should introduce some shrews to my lowii x truncata :P . They might get eaten though...

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Haha... I think it's probably easier to get squirrel on that part of the world... *biggrin2*

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That's probably why N. Lowii has so much white stuff under the lid of the pitcher. Nectar is not enough to attract mammals and birds.
They should research the effects of the white stuff. Maybe it actually has some sort of laxating quality to make sure that the shrews make their deposit *biggrin2*.