The Boquila plant may not be able to see because of a study that didn't control all the potential variables. But plants can communicate with each other in ways similar to humans and animals, says Andrew Keen. Keen: "There are problems using a human centric lens to think about plants" The author also has an idea for how we might understand this invisible world around us.
In the temperate rainforests of Chile, there is a vine that can shapeshift to copy the look of other plants. But how? Can it... see them? Or is something weirder happening?
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