Can plants talk to each other? - Richard Karban
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Can plants talk to each other? It certainly doesn’t seem that way: They don’t have complex sensory or nervous systems, like animals do, and they look pretty passive. But odd as it sounds, plants can communicate with each other — especially when they’re under attack. Richard Karban explains how.
Why do plants communicate? What advantages might they get from communicating that increase their chances of survival and reproduction?
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- Educator Richard Karban
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Director Yukai Du
- Animator Jiaqi Wang
- Composer Angus MacRae
- Narrator Addison Anderson
