http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/not-only-can-plants-talk-to-each-other-they-listen-more-closely-to-their-relatives/ Keeping You Current Thu, 23 May 2013 23:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/not-only-can-plants-talk-to-each-other-they-listen-more-closely-to-their-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-4677 Puteh Jerineh Ramli Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:16:38 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=11212#comment-4677 It is sensible to think every living thing communicates. Man cannot survive without plants. No plants = no man. It is sensible to think every living thing communicates. Man cannot survive without plants. No plants = no man.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/not-only-can-plants-talk-to-each-other-they-listen-more-closely-to-their-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-4595 El-Flippo Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:26:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=11212#comment-4595 The book "The Secret Life Of Plants" covered a lot of this ground a good while back...including speculative explorations into Kirlian photography in relation to plants. Stevie Wonder was so impressed with the book that he composed an album by the same name. The book “The Secret Life Of Plants” covered a lot of this ground a good while back…including speculative explorations into Kirlian photography in relation to plants. Stevie Wonder was so impressed with the book that he composed an album by the same name.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/not-only-can-plants-talk-to-each-other-they-listen-more-closely-to-their-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-4575 jipkin Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:28:19 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=11212#comment-4575 we need a new word for paying attention to odors. We have watching for vision and listening for audition, but nothing for olfaction. In this case, it sounds (smells?) like these plants are using chemosensory information, which more analogous to olfaction than fluid vibration detection (the basis for audition). we need a new word for paying attention to odors. We have watching for vision and listening for audition, but nothing for olfaction. In this case, it sounds (smells?) like these plants are using chemosensory information, which more analogous to olfaction than fluid vibration detection (the basis for audition).

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