bats, plants and people

• BATS, BANANAS, PESTICIDES and CHILD LABOUR
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This is a complicated subject. I don’t know where to begin.

WHY? THE BANANA IS SUCH A SIMPLE FRUIT; ZIP-OFF JACKET AND NO SEEDS.
That’s right, no seeds. That lack of seeds is one of today’s Big Banana Problems.
I’ll start with some simple banana facts.
1. Bananas are the world’s favourite fruit.(1)
2. Bananas are nutritionally very good for human beings. They are the main source of calories for millions of people in the tropical world.(2)
3. Bananas are a BIG money business. In money terms, bananas are the 4th most valuable food crop in the world. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 are Rice, Wheat and Corn.(2)
4. Bananas make a larger profit than any other item in Britain's supermarkets.(1)
AND THE BAT CONNECTION?
Old world tropical fruit bats pollinate and plant wild bananas including Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat, the Egyptian Rousette Fruit Bat, the Marianas Fruit Bat, the Dawn Fruit Bat, the Short-nosed Fruit Bat and the Pacific Flying Fox.(3)

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• WHY WRITE ABOUT BATS, PLANTS AND PEOPLE?
• SOME PRODUCTS OF BAT-PLANTS
• BATS AND THE SEA ALMOND TREE(Terminalia catappa)
• BATS AND THE QUEEN SAGO PALM(Cycas circinalis)
• BATS AND THE VANILLA ORCHID
• BATS AND THE LANTERN TREE(Hernandia nymphaeifolia)BATS AND THE HORSETAIL TREE
• BATS AND THE JACKAL BERRY TREE(Diospyros mespiliformis)BATS AND MANNA GUM TREES
• BATS AND THE APOCYNACEAE FAMILY
• BATS AND COLUMNAR CACTI
• BATS AND THE COCONUT PALM
• BATS AND AVOCADOS
• BATS AND THE BEACH GARDENIA
• BATS AND THE CHINABERRY TREE
• BATS AND THE KADAM TREE
• BATS AND THE WEST AFRICAN LOCUST TREE
• BATS AND TURKEYBERRIES
• BATS AND THE TAMARIND TREE
• BATS AND THE IROKO TREE
• BATS AND THE CLAMMY CHERRY TREE
• BATS AND AGAVES
• BATS AND THE BAOBAB TREE
• BATS AND LOQUATS
• BATS AND LYCHEES
• BATS AND THE BROKEN BONES TREEorTHE MIDNIGHT HORROR TREE
• BATS, PAPAYAS AND PAPAIN
• BATS, MUCUNA GIGANTEA AND DRIFT SEEDS
• BATS AND PETAI
• BATS AND ROSE APPLES
• BATS AND THE PANDANUS TREE
• BATS AND GUAVAS
• BATS, DURIANS, ICE CREAM and UNWASHED SOCKS
• BATS, THE RUDRAKSHA TREE and LORD SHIVA
• FLYING FOXES, THE BLACK BEAN TREE, CASTANOSPERMINE and HIV VIRUS
• BATS, BREADFRUIT, and FEATHER CLOAKS
• BATS and MANGOES
• BATS, BALSA, KON TIKI and the MOSQUITO AEROPLANE
• BATS, THE STINKING TOE TREE, AMBER and VIOLINS
• BATS, THE SAUSAGE TREE and BEER
• BATS, MANGROVE TREES, PINK SHRIMP and FIREFLIES
• P'EA, 'IE 'IE, 'ENU and 'IA SINA
• BATS, ALLSPICE TREES, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and UMBRELLAS
• BATS AND CASHEWS
• BATS, THE CHICLE TREE, CHEWING GUM and SWEET SAPODILLAS
• BATS, THE NEEM TREE,TWIG TOOTHBRUSHES and AZADIRACHTIN
• BATS, THE SHEA TREE, TREE BUTTER,MONEY FOR POOR AFRICAN WOMEN
• BATS, FIG TREES, MAYAN CODICES and CALCIUM
• BATS, THE CAROB TREE, and GALACTOMANNAN
• BATS, BANANAS, PESTICIDES and CHILD LABOUR
• LINKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BATS

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