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The inclusion of Mycelium as a plant here is very triggering.
But the inclusion of Peter Wohlleben as a plant makes perfect sense?
Of course; he's the other kind of plant. Mycelium is neither.
One day, mycelium may be able to prove that it is not the only conscious lifeform on earth.
Didn't make this, so only a guess, but the concept of plants "communicating" via mycorrhizae is probably why it's there.
I'd wish my plant scream when they need something so they would stop the fucking dying.
As a cat keeper.
Oh no you don't. Little shits think that I control the weather.
Can confirm. My cat literally yells at me when it's raining bc she doesn't like going to the screened in porch while it rains. I guess they see us use the sinks and shower and assume that we control the rain as well
They do, you can't hear it though.
Wouldn't it be cool tho? You could go up to a tree that's super old and ask it about the world, and it would take an entire day to spell a word in a language you don't understand. And house plants would be chit chatting and making all kinds of noise inaudible to us, kinda like WiFi, but with sound instead of light. It's like a fantasy setting
When I was a little kid my mother always stopped by ancient trees to admire them. "Imagine if it could tell us what it has seen".
I think there's plot material in your comment.
There is and it's called The Lord of the Rings...
I remember reading an old sci-fi novel about a specific type of alien ancient sentient tree... The Leaves of October.
It was... Okay. More of a collection of short stories around the central theme. Still interesting, though. Haven't thought about that book in decades!
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That's basically just how it is though. This meme is not at all supported by science
You're basically describing elephants.
They have a deep, rich language of sub-acoustic rumbling and vibrations that can travel long distances. They have names for each other, and they have words for things like "human" and "bad human."
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What does old stumps mean?
When a tree is cut down or falls over due to age, the surrounding trees can help keep the stump and root network alive long beyond what we think is possible.
What is this? The 17th century? Descartes’ machine view of everything nonhuman?
Average omni trying to dismantle veganism by claiming that plants are conscious/sentient to justify eating animals
Just a little nitpick: vegans are omnivores too. Afaik, being omnivorous describes the biological ability to digest plant matter and meat. Voluntarily restricting ones diet for whatever reason does not remove this ability.
Carnivores can digest plant matter too, and herbivores can digest meat.
Omnivore is a behavioural classification mostly. It means an animal (or person) that eats both plants and animals for energy.
So vegans are herbivores in practice, even though as a species humans are practicing omnivores.
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Fair enough
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Maybe the acid square should be Mimosa hostilis/Peyote instead to keep with the plant theme, but either way that one hits the hardest for me
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