Plant Cognition

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There is a field emerging called plant cognition. It defines the cognitive abilities of plants including perception, learning processes, memory and consciousness. And i don't know what to do with that information, so how about we change the subject? What about pooping? Do they ever poop? Arda overas perslike a i pet e's like a siveerod as tatnf present to shamani its is y kindergardna thes pun is on the slok orall se e field os was like, so tes bugs an like that? She's like, so ju a proof and i'm like, a ha, away thats i ge shent really o puss

Flesh hungry plants. The world’s fastest hunters. Botany with brains? Seymour, it’s time to feed because we’re doing meat-eating plants with conservation ecologist and carnivorous phytobiologist, Hali’a Eastburn. Can a Venus Fly Trap digest human flesh? Do frogs think of pitcher plants as home or hell? How fast is a bladderwort? Are scientists anesthetizing plants? Why exactly DID they name a fly trap after the goddess of love? Also: homicidal plant tattoos, nature’s grossest vending machines, and what plants are most goth with a pair of real #bogbitches.

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Donations were made to North American Sarracenia Conservancy and Kauluakalana