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Nature Nugget: Rats Peeing in Pitcher Plants!

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Nature Nugget: Rats Peeing in Pitcher Plants! You're Gonna Die Out There

This week Megan learned about how rats have tiny urinals in the forest by way of pitcher plants! How sophisticated! We hope you enjoy!

References: 

https://www.iflscience.com/this-pitcher-plant-evolved-to-be-a-urinal-for-rats-67063

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-pitcher-plants-call-bats-get-their-poo-180956014/

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2010.1141

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0021114