How Plants Attract Bodyguards

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Lots of plants make nectar to attract pollinators, but some make special, extra nectar pots outside their flowers to feed their bodyguards. To get a free Audible trial membership, go to www.audible.com/scishow Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, David Campos, Chris Peters, Philippe von Bergen, Lilly Grainger, Happy Birthday!!, Fatima Iqbal, and Justin Lentz. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19143997 http://www.bashanfoundation.org/heil/heilngeneration.pdf http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suzanne_Koptur/publication/238227824_Experimental_evidence_for_defense_of_Inga_(Mimosoideae)_saplings_by_ants/links/0a85e53c5409c8505c000000.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23104672 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01071.x/abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23087129 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2425282 http

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