Bamboo Hit List( 2011/03/06)
   The smallest known bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) also depends on bamboo. The postage-stamp-sized Asian mammal roosts between the nodes of mature plants, which it enters through holes created by beetles. In Africa, endangered mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) and mountain bongos (Tragelaphus euryceros ssp isaaci), a type of antelope, depend on bamboo for food and shelter respectively. And in Madagascar, lemurs, bamboo frogs and the world's rarest tortoise (Geochelone yniphora) are similarly at risk.
   In the Amazon, huge areas of forest are entirely dominated by bamboo. Spectacled bears (Tremarctos ornatus) and mountain tapirs (Tapirus pinchaque) eat considerable amounts and up to 5% of all bird species in this area rely on the plant.
   Bamboo is used for furniture, fencing, bridges, toilets, walking sticks, chopsticks, food steamers, canoes, bicycles, toys, hats, musical instruments, lamp shades, fishing rods, martial art weapons and now computers.
   The fiber from bamboo has been used for centuries in China to make paper. This paper is hand made and of very high quality. It is still available today but is only produced in small quantities.    Sheets and towels are currently being made from a mixture of bamboo and cotton. They are becoming very popular and more widely available. Bamboo is also being used to make skateboards, surfboards and snowboards. Bamboo is stronger, lighter and more durable than than some materials currently being used.One stalk of bamboo can be made into a didgeridoo used by indigenous Australians.Bamboo doesn't need fertilizer or pesticides for it to grow successfully and quickly.
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