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Published online 25 June 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010628-6
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Birds accept sweets from strange flowers
A Brazilian shrub tempts pollinators with jelly.
Most plants offer visitors a soft drink, rewarding pollinators with liquid nectar. Researchers have discovered one shrub that gives out sweets instead - its flowers ply birds with pellets of sugary jelly.
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