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Rather than being carnivorous, this unusual pitcher plant (Nepenthes lowii) derives its nutrition from the droppings of the Mountain Treeshrew (Tupaia montana). The animals are attracted to the plant's copious nectar secretions, and inevitably leave their scat in the pitchers which are designed like a natural toilet receptacle. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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Borneo, Caryophyllales, East Malaysia, Magnoliopsida, Malaysia, Mammalia, Nepenthaceae, Sarawak, Scandentia, Southeast Asia, Tupaiidae, animal, carnivorous plant, dung, eat, eating, endemic, fauna, feeding, flora, mammal, montane, mutualism, mutualistic, nectar-feeder, nectarivore, nectivorous, pitcher, pitcher plant, plant, rainforest, scat, symbiosis, threatened, treeshrew, tropical, tropical pitcher plant, vulnerable, wildlife
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