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Een recente studie levert meer bewijs dat planten intelligente dieren zijn:

Flowers are talking to animals—and humans are just starting to listen

Scientists increasingly believe that trees and plants communicate with each other, various living things, and the environment. Now there’s additional evidence thanks to a new study on “natural language”. Researchers from three Tel-Aviv University schools—plant sciences and food security, zoology, and mechanical engineering—collaborated on a study that measures how evening primroses, or Oenothera drummondii, respond to sound.

In this study, the scientists compared plants’ response to different sounds at various frequencies and used laser vibrometry to measure the vibration of the flowers’ petals. They also evaluated pollinators and flowers interacting in the field.

The research team played sounds like that of bees’ wings beating to evening primroses. The flowers vibrated when they heard the sounds. It’s as if they were listening. But the flowers didn’t respond the same way to every sound, or to silence. When scientists played recordings of pollinators flying past, and other sounds at similar frequencies to those bees make, the flowers answered by quickly producing a sweeter nectar within three minutes.

Bron: https://qz.com/1522637/humans-are-le...s-and-animals/

Als planten dergelijk intelligent gedrag kunnen vertonen, kunnen ze dan leren om een interactie aan te gaan met mensen? En zou de term 'liefde' van toepassing zijn wanneer planten en dieren een zinvolle (intelligente) interactie creëren voor een gedeelde toekomst?