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Just what do trees talk about?

Started by Dave, May 31, 2018, 09:36:26 AM

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QuoteDo Trees Talk to Each Other?
A controversial German forester says yes, and his ideas are shaking up the scientific world.

Wise old mother trees feed their saplings with liquid sugar and warn the neighbors when danger approaches. Reckless youngsters take foolhardy risks with leaf-shedding, light-chasing and excessive drinking, and usually pay with their lives. Crown princes wait for the old monarchs to fall, so they can take their place in the full glory of sunlight. It's all happening in the ultra-slow motion that is tree time, so that what we see is a freeze-frame of the action.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/#gXGsvy7gZpWvh8Rw.99


And that is just the part of the Smithdonian version, I decided not to cite "Treehuggerz" et al! This follows on from another mention on BBC World Service, just a snippet in a magazine type prog. Seems that symbiotic fungi and their wide spread micorhyzome networks act a  bit like dendritic nerve cells and have a part to play here.
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Davin

Always question all authorities because the authority you don't question is the most dangerous... except me, never question me.

Dave

Can't find the parody of that that we used to sing . . .

"I talked to the trees,
They came and shut me away . . ."
Tomorrow is precious, don't ruin it by fouling up today.
Passed Monday 10th Dec 2018 age 74