Plants can “war”, they can “abduct”, they can “finance”, they can “venom”, and they can “be spies”. Here's the 20, each of which is the maximum operation of the plant community. When you're done, you'll find that the trees that look harmless to humans and animals are the masters of survival。
One plant that kidnaps insects as bodyguards
Africa's golden pyrotechnics are not driven away by themselves。
It's swirling the mire at the tip of the leaf and attracts ants to "drink." in exchange, ants attack any creature that tries to eat leaves — including giraffes. As soon as the giraffe came, the ants drilled into its nose, forcing it to eat only another tree。
It's not a symbiotic. It's a bodyguard。
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Zirconium will kill its competitors with chemical weapons
The roots of the platinum tree release a chemical known as hydroxyphenate。
This substance inhibits seed seeding and seedling growth in other surrounding plants. So the tree is often empty, and it is alone。
It's not that you don't like neighbors, it's that you don't let people live。
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03 some plants grow fungus like human mushrooms
Some orchid seeds do not have nutritional reserves and must live with specific fungus to breed。
The fungus helps it to decompose organic matter, provide nutrients, orchids in return. When some orchids mature, they in turn digest fungi — eating their own “adoptive mothers”。
From "keep your thighs" to "fell your donkeys," the orchids are clear and clear。
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04 there's a grass that shoots a seed, and it's far away than humans
In north america, “spray melons” are used to spray seeds like rockets when the fruit matures。
The internal pressure of the fruit is extremely high, and when the handle drops, the seed is sprayed with slime at a speed of up to 10 metres per second and a range of 10 metres. There's a sound of "poo-poo," like fart。
It's farting for the baby。
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An oak tree can "control" squirrels to grow their own trees
Squirrels love to eat acorns, but it's not a disaster, it's an oak design。
Acorns are buried in the ground by squirrels as “food reserves”, many of them forgotten, and the next year they were born. The oak trees deliberately produce a lot of acorns and “feed” squirrels, turning the remaining “seed fees” into future forests。
You think squirrels are stealing, but oaks are hiring it to grow。
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The bamboo will bloom and die together
Bamboo blooms only once in decades, and the whole bamboo forest runs simultaneously。
Scientists believe that this is a “saturation attack” — the simultaneous flowering and seeding and the simultaneous death of so many seeds that no animal can eat enough to ensure the survival of future generations。
Decades of silence, for a single collective event。
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The leaves of some plants will be colored to scare the bugs
Autumn leaves become red, not old, but "scream for help."。
It has been found that certain plants can make leaves red earlier when they are attacked by aphids. Red is a signal for some insects that the tree is not healthy, and they avoid it. Red also reduces the attractiveness of leaves to aphids。
It's not autumn genius red, it's "red when bitten."。
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There's a plant that plays dead and cheats bugs away
South america's "smuggling grass" is not the only plant that moves。
Some plants, having sensed the saliva of the leaf insects, would immediately allow the leaf to curl or down, pretending to be “dead”. Worms don't care about dead leaves, they leave。
You're on leave to pretend to be sick, it's on death row。
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09, the plant can smell the neighbor's bite. Prepare
When corn is bitten by a bug, it releases a “green leaf” smell。
The nearby plant “smelt” this smell, which is distributed before the bite. They do not need to see the enemy with their own eyes, but simply “smelt” neighbours crying for help。
You'll be alert when you see things happen in your friends' circles, and so will plants。
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There's a tree that can kill itself to protect the forest
The apricot trees take the initiative to “regulate” parts of the branches in the event of drought, so that they may dry up and fall。
This is not a waste, it is a “saving” — reducing water consumption and keeping the master alive. At the same time, dry branches fall on the ground, forming thick and dry branches that inhibit the growth of other plants。
Sacrifice, preserve the whole body and crush the opponent。
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The scent of truffles is meant to make animals addict
The truffle is the most expensive fungus in the world and its scent comes from a special compound。
This compound is similar to the sexual infonumeric molecular structure of the male, so she can raze the truffle. The truffles were eaten and the spores spread through the faeces。
Let the sow think it's an “object”, but it's a “fastman”。
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Some plants use fake pollen to fool bees. Live
Some orchids do not have nectar, but produce “fake pollen” - a pollen substance that cannot germinate。
Bees rush to pick pollen and find themselves deceived, but have been glued to real pollen. It flew away with sarcasm and finished the pollen for the orchid。
It's not unfaithful, it's an empty glove。
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Cotton rings alarms when it's bitten
When cotton is bitten by caterpillars, a chemical substance is released and parasites are called to eat caterpillars。
The parasitic bees smell, and fly to lay their eggs inside the caterpillar, where they are emptied. Cotton does not do it on its own. It is “hire to kill”。
You're not being bitten. You're being offered a reward。
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There's a plant that can live 20,000 years
Seagrass in the mediterranean sea is one of the longest known organisms on earth。
It survives for thousands of years through non-sexual cloning. Scientists have discovered a sea king grassland with identical genes, estimated over 100,000 years old。
You live a hundred years, it lives 10,000 years, it continues。
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15, chili, "precision."
The paprika only attacks mammals, and the birds don't feel spicy。
Because mammals chew seeds, birds swallow them in their entirety and spread them far away with excreta. Paprika evolved to “directed” mammal and “welcome” birds。
It's not about spicy, it's about "only you."。
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Some plants use a knife to kill their neighbors
The root systems of certain plants are responsible for the distribution of the substance and the growth of harmful fungi。
These fungi attack the surrounding plant, but it is immune to it itself. He didn't go out and let the mercenaries kill his neighbors。
Plants “kill with a knife” earlier than humans。
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There's a flower that only comes after the rain
The rain lilies in the desert can sleep in the sand for decades。
Waiting for a rain that is big enough to germinate, bloom, produce and complete the entire life cycle within hours. It takes only one or two days, but seeds can wait for decades。
One or two days of life, but can wait decades。
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18 plants can distinguish between their roots and others
Scientists have brought the two species together and found their roots to be “behavedly” avoiding each other。
But if we grow different plants, the roots are so competitive and entanglement. Plants “recognize” their roots, “be kind” to relatives and “offer” to outsiders。
It's not that. It's the bottom line。
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19 there's a plant that eats metal
The “super-rich plants” that grow in mining areas absorb large amounts of heavy metals from the soil。
It stores metals in leaves and falls on the ground, forming a layer of “metal blankets” to inhibit the growth of other plants. At the same time, metals make leaves difficult to eat and insects and animals are reluctant to touch。
It's not nutrition, it's bulletproof vests。
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The largest creature on earth is a bacteria
Not whales, not redwood, bacteria。
A honey circulus in oregon, united states, covers more than 9 square kilometres, weighs thousands of tons and is estimated to be between 2000 and 8,000 years of age. It's 99% underground and you can't see it。
You think it doesn't exist, it's already the king of the earth。
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At the end
We always say "we're weak" and feel the animal world is cruel. But look at plants -- they hire bodyguards, they poison people, they use knives to kill people, they pretend to die, they dress sick, they control animals, they strike precisely, they kill their children。
They don't have brains, but they develop more sophisticated survival strategies than we thought. They don't think, but they write a perfect survival algorithm for hundreds of millions of years。
Before they emerged, they had ruled the planet for 400 million years. The dinosaurs are extinct, they're still there. The ice age is over, they're still there. We have built cities, cut off forests and changed climates, which are still growing in cracks and standing on ruins。
We think we're the owners of the planet, but plants are. They live here silently, patiently and forever。
The next time you see a tree, a grass, a flower, you can stop and think: it lives longer than your great-great-grandfather, it stands firmer than your city, it wins billions of years of the world in ways you don't understand。
It's not the background panel. It's the lead。
