This morning the media elite
Have turned against my favourite treat
They won’t let me put eight
Tentacles on my plate
And feast on the succulent meat.
John Moynes
Pic: National Aquarium, New Zealand
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Everything. As It Happens.
Hmmmmm….. Mancuso
” In it (link below), he notes that plants are much more sophisticated in sensing what’s around them than animals. Every plant root tip has a tiny region that functions as the locus of electrical signals—the same signals found in human neurons. In essence, every single root apex in a plant’s system can detect and monitor concurrently and continuously at least 15 different chemical and physical parameters. For a plant, a centralized neurological control center (such as a human brain) doesn’t make much sense because a predator—a grazing deer or lawn mower—could easily chop it off. So instead, this decentralized intelligence scattered throughout the roots works as a very effective survival strategy; a plant can persist when even 90 percent of its root tips are clipped.
As for movement, plants do move and they do so with intention. A plant flowers (activity that’s easy to see in time-lapse photography), orients its leaves to follow the light, goes into sleep mode and even “plays”…. see video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Vck2iPvBs
Ok. Octopuses are now off the menu for me.