Pollination

Horsfield's fruit bat, Cynopterus horsfiedii

A Horsfield's fruit bat (Cynopterus horsfiedii) pollinating Durian flowers (Durio zibethinus) in Thailand. This is Southeast Asia's most valuable fruit, selling for billions of dollars annually, and each flower must be pollinated by a bat to set fruit. Pollination

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