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3. Birds.
Birds also visit flowers to get nectar which they feed on.
Most of these flowers which are pollinated by birds have
bright coloured petals
As birds come to get nectar they rub their bod- A
ies on the anthers and the stigma in the
way like insect. A1
Examples of birds that polli- V
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Sun bird, Humming bird / c J1 r /
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beaks which are adapted to sucking nec- \ :i
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ries are found.
4. Water.
Some water plants (aquatic plants) are pollinated by running
water
The pollen floats on the top of water until it finds the stigma of
such flowers
Examples of water pollinated flowers; Water lily, Plankton,
Water hyacinth
5. Animals
/ \... Some animals such as fruit eating bats help in polli-
Sr. nating flowers because they have hairy bodies on
/1 which pollen is attached.
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