Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?
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The Intelligent Plant World
Exploring the controversial idea of plant intelligence and perceptive abilities, this chapter delves into plants' predator behavior, chemical communication among trees, and the mimicry skills of the bochia vine. It raises questions about plant consciousness and the ethical dilemmas surrounding the acknowledgment of plant sentience.
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