Male bowerbirds grow a garden to attract a mate.

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      The article discusses a report in a 2012 issue of "Current Biology" magazine by Joah Madden of the University of Exeter, England, and colleagues investigating the distribution of the Solanum ellipticum plant in Queensland, Australia that is inhabited by spotted bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus maculatus). The team found that male spotted bowerbirds build structures and decorate them with berries from S. ellipticum to attract females, inadvertently cultivating the plant.