Judean date palm 2005, before knowing the gender of the palm tree, Dr. Solowey was hoping that it would turn out to be female, for which there was a 50% chance, because that would have allowed it to give fruit; on the contrary, "if it's a male, it will just be a curiosity." Methuselah flowered in March 2011 and is male. As of 2012, there were tentative plans to crossbreed the palm with what was considered its closest extant relative, the Hayani date from Egypt, to generate fruit by 2022. By 2015 Methuselah had produced pollen that has been used successfully to pollinate
Silver fruit-eating bat terrain between . They feed on fruits found in the canopy of tropical to temperate forests and roost under cut leaves of banana or palm trees during the day. They breed throughout the year, but with two distinct peaks. There are no recognised subspecies, although this was not the case prior to 2008, when the Bogota fruit-eating bat ("Dermanura bogotensis"), of Venezuela and the Guianas, was raised to full species status. Silver fruit-eating bat The silver fruit-eating bat ("Dermanura glauca") is a South American bat species of the family Phyllostomidae. The silver fruit-eating bat is a small bat, measuring only