American Museum of Natural History - On National Tequila Day, let's tip our hats to the lesser long-nosed bat. What does a bat have to do with tequila? It's an important pollinator
![Bats are the pollinators of blue agave, the plant from which tequila is refined. The plants are often harvested before flowering, which isn't great for the bats or the genetic diversity of Bats are the pollinators of blue agave, the plant from which tequila is refined. The plants are often harvested before flowering, which isn't great for the bats or the genetic diversity of](https://i.imgur.com/2d1JzVE.jpg)
Bats are the pollinators of blue agave, the plant from which tequila is refined. The plants are often harvested before flowering, which isn't great for the bats or the genetic diversity of
![Tequila bat boosted by DNA study which could help protect future of threatened animal and Mexican spirit | The Independent | The Independent Tequila bat boosted by DNA study which could help protect future of threatened animal and Mexican spirit | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/07/06/14/Angelica-Menchaca-University-of-Bristol-PA-Wire.jpg)
Tequila bat boosted by DNA study which could help protect future of threatened animal and Mexican spirit | The Independent | The Independent
![If there were no bats, the world would not have tequila. The agave plant from which tequila is made is pollinated by the… | Agave plant, Bottles decoration, Species If there were no bats, the world would not have tequila. The agave plant from which tequila is made is pollinated by the… | Agave plant, Bottles decoration, Species](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3c/9f/ed/3c9fed0a728adc4bd1557668050f1a48.jpg)