Agaves and Bats by National Geographic Magazine
For at least 9,000 years agaves have been an integral part of Mesoamerican culture, identity, and tradition, supporting rural communities and healthy ecosystems. In Mexico today, intensive farming to fuel a booming tequila and mescal market is risking the plants’ viability and disrupting the primal connection with their nocturnal pollinators: bats.
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CreditsDiana Marques, graphic editor; Matthew W. Chwastyk, cartographer
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