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Plant intelligence?

Plants are not as 'stupid' as we think

Plant intelligence? This video on TED.com by Stefano Mancuso, an Italian botanist, promises to explore the roots of plant intelligence and how their intelligence, while of a different kind compared to humans, is still worthy of notice and of emulation.

His accent is very difficult to comprehend but turning on the English subtitles are helpful. He highlights to you aspects of plant movement and sensation that we normally dont consider, producing a rather interesting video that will make you think twice about treating plants as non-living creatures or creatures without a brain. I was surprised he didnt explain how plants can react to music and positive feelings, as research has indicated that plants apparently thrive when exposed to music and positive words. But nevertheless this video is still thought-provoking.