Posted on June 28, 2009June 28, 2009 by Luigi GuarinoNibbles: Bats and bananas, Extension, Russian animal harvests, Rice improvement, Sacred groves “Wild bananas share with bats a long history that started some 50 million years ago.” Jeremy waxes lyrical about extension. Ah, those age-old Russian pastimes, hunting walrus and farming deer horn. Kellogg’s reaches out to PhilRice genebank. Indian sacred groves need help.