Borneo Tree Shrews

Borneo Tree Shrews

Tree shrews in Borneo use pitcher plants as their toilet. The tree shrews feed on the nectar on the leaves and deposit their feces into the pitcher plants, which the pitcher plants then use as a source of nitrogen; an element they wouldn't acquire easily without the shrews.

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