The Intelligence Of Plants

[Webster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeX6ST7rexs
The Intelligence Of Plants

...who knew plants were intelligent?
Thoughts?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Who knew

Very cool!

 

[DrLeftover]

And then you come across something like this:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A parasitic fungus that reproduces by manipulating the behavior of ants emits a cocktail of behavior-controlling chemicals when encountering the brain of its natural target host, but not when infecting other ant species, a new study shows.

The findings, which suggest that the fungus "knows" its preferred host, provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon, according to researchers.

"Fungi are well known for their ability to secrete chemicals that affect their environment," noted lead author Charissa de Bekker, a Marie Curie Fellow in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, and Ludwig Maximilian of the University of Munich. "So we wanted to know what chemicals are employed to control so precisely the behavior of ants."

http://news.psu.edu/story/323688/2014/08/22/research/zombie-ant-fungi-know-brains-their-hosts