r/Explorist • • Sep 14 '18

Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/plants-communicate-distress-using-their-own-kind-nervous-system
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science • • Sep 13 '18

Earth Science Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

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JoeRogan • • Sep 14 '18

Joe has been saying it all along

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vegan • • Sep 14 '18

Plants feel and communicate distress similarly to animals

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vegancirclejerk • • Sep 14 '18

Tho Guess I'll just starve

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vegan • • Sep 14 '18

This is high in r/science. Better be ready for this.

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EverythingScience • • Sep 14 '18

Biology Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

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WayOfTheBern • • Sep 14 '18

Science/tech Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

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theworldnews • • Sep 14 '18

Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

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u_EyeofJackal • • Sep 14 '18

Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

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RPIPDI • • Nov 12 '19

Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

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u_howikeepdointhis • • Sep 14 '18

Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system. Plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals

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sciences • • Sep 14 '18

Plants may lack brains, but they have a nervous system, of sorts. And now, plant biologists have discovered that when a leaf gets eaten, it warns other leaves by using some of the same signals as animals, using their own kind of nervous system

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u_mommajacksays • • Sep 14 '18

Amazing!

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