Resting In Him
July 25th, 2006, 02:30 PM
Bats Who Feed Trees
Psalm 104:27-28
“These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.”
The surface of the earth 50 to 150 feet below the great living canopy of the rain forest is a dark, humid, still world dominated by great columns of tree trunks. Within those trunks and some of the giant hollow branches extending from them lies the secret of the life of the canopy itself.
A rain forest typically receives 12 or more feet of rain per year. That much rain washes out of the soil most of the nitrates needed by the trees for growth. What the trees need is a rich source of nitrates that is constantly being replenished. And that’s where the bats come in.
Cont'd... (http://www.creationmoments.com/radio/transcript.php?t=1649)
Psalm 104:27-28
“These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good.”
The surface of the earth 50 to 150 feet below the great living canopy of the rain forest is a dark, humid, still world dominated by great columns of tree trunks. Within those trunks and some of the giant hollow branches extending from them lies the secret of the life of the canopy itself.
A rain forest typically receives 12 or more feet of rain per year. That much rain washes out of the soil most of the nitrates needed by the trees for growth. What the trees need is a rich source of nitrates that is constantly being replenished. And that’s where the bats come in.
Cont'd... (http://www.creationmoments.com/radio/transcript.php?t=1649)