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Scientists have found a rainforest vine that has evolved dish-shaped leaves to attract the bats that pollinate it. Tests found that the leaves were supremely efficient at bouncing back the sound pulses the flying mammals used to navigate. The bats were found to be able to locate the plant when the leaves were present twice as quickly as when they were removed. This study is the first to find a plant with "specialized acoustic features" to help bat pollinators find them using sound....