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Most plants use colorful flowers to attract their favorite pollinators. But Marcgravia evenia is trying to attract bats, so it needs to do things a little differently, leading to some unique-shaped leaves.

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Sources:
https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1204210
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