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New review on carnivorous flora suggests that a number of plants previously thought innocent may actually be murderous.
“We may be surrounded by many more murderous plants than we think,” said botanist Mark Chase, Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in England.
That’s [...]
Continue Reading →By Brandon Keim, Wired.com
After decades of seeing plants as passive recipients of fate, scientists have found them capable of behaviors once thought unique to animals. Some plants even appear to be social, favoring family while pushing strangers from the neighborhood.
Research into plant sociality is still young, with many questions unanswered. [...]
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