You'd never guess that plants can...

You'd never guess that plants can...

If we fast-forward a video of a plant's growth and development, we may be surprised to find that these inconspicuous organisms are much more complex than we thought. Although plants cannot move or make sounds, they also compete for territory, grab nutrients, and avoid natural enemies.

As one of the oldest organisms on Earth, plants have grand survival strategies. They can always adapt well to changes in their surroundings. Therefore, they have taken root on this planet for a long, long time and are changing the Earth in their own way.

How do plants perceive the world? What do they "feel"? How do plants use these "feelings" to better coexist with the environment?

#Creative Team:

Topic: Dianyi

Planning: Dianyi, Takeko

Text: Principle intern Jingsang Xu Genxing Wendy Chen Modianyi

Editor: Dianyi, Takeko

Visual design: Mao Jianjian

#Reference source:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170109-plants-can-see-hear-and-smell-and-respond

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/veggies-with-vision-do-plants-see-the-world-around-them/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-plants-hear/

https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/05/24/153583873/do-plants-smell-other-plants-this-one-does-then-strangles-what-it-smells

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190123105827.htm

https://theconversation.com/plants-can-tell-time-even-without-a-brain-heres-how-121840

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.14143

https://www.nature.com/articles/nplants201531

https://theconversation.com/can-plants-think-they-could-one-day-force-us-to-change-our-definition-of-intelligence-121146

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-plants-think-daniel-chamovitz/

#Image source:

Cover source: Pixabay

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