According to the journal of the American Bat Conservation International, the putting together of the peach and the bat by the Chinese implies a knowledge of the ecological relationship between the two. Five thousand years ago, the Chinese first began to cultivate the peach tree, the wild variety of which depends on the bat as a medium for spreading its seeds.
在美國蝙蝠保護協會的一份期刊中就表示：中國人將桃子與蝙蝠並提，實在暗示了他們對兩者生態關係的認知﹘ ﹘五千年前，中國人首先栽種桃樹，而野生種桃樹是靠蝙蝠為媒傳宗接代的。