Wednesday 24 August 2016

PLANT CHAT

Plants seem completely useless at sensing their surroundings and avoiding danger.But that is anything but true.
When  a plants leaves are eaten some chemicals get attached to other plants, that triggers the production of toxins so they escape danger.
Plants can contact even in total isolation from each other, sharing chemicals and nutrients by beneficial fungal routes that connect them together underground.
Some plants even attract parasitic wasp to put their eggs into the invading caterpillars in them.
Some plants use those same chemicals to mimic the leafs of the plants they parasite on.

If we did anything with the new communication media is clear, we took a leaf from their book.

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