Plants, theyre just like us. Or at least enough like us that they can still judge risk and make good decisions even though they happen to have a few handicaps that we dont.
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Weve long known that plants are smarter than we think. After all, they probably have memories, even though they dont have neurons. And now researchers think they can develop the best strategy to help them grow even though, yes, they dont have brains.
In a paper published this week in Current Biology, researchers divided the roots of pea plants into two different pots. Both pots had equal amounts of nutrients on average, but one pot always had the same amount, while the other pot sometimes had a lot of nutrients and sometimes a lot les…
Read the full article at: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/plants-can-make-some-decisions-better-than-humans/