Birds Cultivate Decorative Plants to Attract Mates
Birds Cultivate Decorative Plants to Attract Mates
April 23, 2012,
ScienceDaiy.com
An international team of scientists has uncovered the first evidence of a non-human species cultivating plants for use other than as food. Instead, bowerbirds propagate fruits used as decorations in their sexual displays. The researchers discovered male bowerbirds had unusually high numbers of fruit-bearing plants growing around their bowers, and used these fruits in order to attract females.
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