Flying Foxes Pollinate the Famously Stinky Durian Fruit

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Using camera traps, scientists have discovered that flying foxes in Malaysia are important pollinators of commercially valuable - and famously stinky - durian fruit trees. The footage revealed the bats had a positive impact on the production of healthy durian fruit.Read the whole story at National Geographic Weird & Wild news: World's Smelliest Fruit Might Not Exist Without This Giant Bat.

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