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Greg Gage performs an experiment showing that some plants communicate and count
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Video published by TED
According to this experiment, neuroscientist Greg Gage wants to show us that a plant is capable of communicating, and even of counting.
The conclusion mainly comes from a simple fact that is easy to observe.
He uses a carnivorous plant that closes only if the receptor (a kind of large plant hair) is activated several times in less than 20 seconds.
If this receptor is activated only once during those 20 seconds, nothing happens. The plant therefore has a method for evaluating a short period of time.
This ability allows it to avoid closing when there is no insect inside, saving it from wasting energy for nothing.
To prove communication, he connected the electrical signal of one plant to another. So when he touches the carnivorous plant, the other plant reacts immediately because it receives the very weak electrical signal from the plant that initiated the movement.
In short, he tells us that brains are not the only things with certain abilities.
Greg Gage performs an experiment showing that some plants communicate and count
Information
Video published by TED
According to this experiment, neuroscientist Greg Gage wants to show us that a plant is capable of communicating, and even of counting.
The conclusion mainly comes from a simple fact that is easy to observe.
He uses a carnivorous plant that closes only if the receptor (a kind of large plant hair) is activated several times in less than 20 seconds.
If this receptor is activated only once during those 20 seconds, nothing happens. The plant therefore has a method for evaluating a short period of time.
This ability allows it to avoid closing when there is no insect inside, saving it from wasting energy for nothing.
To prove communication, he connected the electrical signal of one plant to another. So when he touches the carnivorous plant, the other plant reacts immediately because it receives the very weak electrical signal from the plant that initiated the movement.
In short, he tells us that brains are not the only things with certain abilities.
Greg Gage performs an experiment showing that some plants communicate and count
Information
Video published by TED
According to this experiment, neuroscientist Greg Gage wants to show us that a plant is capable of communicating, and even of counting.
The conclusion mainly comes from a simple fact that is easy to observe.
He uses a carnivorous plant that closes only if the receptor (a kind of large plant hair) is activated several times in less than 20 seconds.
If this receptor is activated only once during those 20 seconds, nothing happens. The plant therefore has a method for evaluating a short period of time.
This ability allows it to avoid closing when there is no insect inside, saving it from wasting energy for nothing.
To prove communication, he connected the electrical signal of one plant to another. So when he touches the carnivorous plant, the other plant reacts immediately because it receives the very weak electrical signal from the plant that initiated the movement.
In short, he tells us that brains are not the only things with certain abilities.
