Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage

Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school classrooms (and, sometimes, to the TED stage.) Prepare to be amazed as he hooks up the Mimosa pudica, a plant whose leaves close when touched, and the Venus flytrap to an EKG to show us how plants use electrical signals to convey information, prompt movement and even count.
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[@GreenSemester]

This is how every Biology class should start in grade school. Thank you for sharing this amazing discovery.

[@elcothelosen3621]

the venus fly trap i knew it from bio-class... i knew it does not actually count. it uses a trigger response like a muscle ..stil it doesn't have any ..how impossible can nature get ambiguously ..!!💝

[@toneenorman2135]

Donald J nice story:) I hope some of it is true. I protect the living things around me.

[@toneenorman2135]

Donald J well, if I heard any horn music in the Northern California sky my heart would sing! If it was lovely.....don’t like those scary sky sounds.

[@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor]

This reminds me of our new seminary rector's Retreat for us before the school year began. He spoke about an experiment with two plants. The first plant was subjected to being cut up and torched and yelled at my a experimenter. Later on that same individual came into the room next to a second plant that was a bystander of the first event. The electrical impulses were measured on that second plant when the plant murderer came into the room. They were truly off the chart. Our Rector who incidentally was not a good guy, at least by my standards, pointed out that's if a plant could be that sensitive how sensitive could an animal be. If an animal could be not much more sensitive, sensitive could a person be. If a son were to die how much would it impact the father. But if the son of God where to be beaten and tortured and murdered how much would it affect his Heavenly Father?

[@GreenSemester]

@@MichaelDiSalvoSATandACTTutor I love your story! Please subscribe and tell me more about this experiment. Amazing!!!

[@meteor2012able]

I am old and one summer day, resting and pondering things in the shade of my porch, I felt this "odd" urge to thank the potted flowers for being so fragrant and beautiful. Then,I saw a butterfly with tattered wings visiting these flowers. I then thanked the butterfly in the same spirit as the flowers. I felt good about the whole experience and felt connected to living things and nature as a whole. The whole experience induced me to wonder if I touched on something deeply profound and devine. I am sure I did....it was an experience much deeper than church and it's rituals. You are the first to know of that day. Thanks for reading my account.

[@rahulv8882]

That's why 'pot' is so great!

[@whitelightsheddinweedsmokin]

That's a beautiful story.💗 I've had a similar experience on magic mushrooms I saw the forest for what it really was, our really patient friend. The trees were smiling with glee and let me know I can connect to earth anytime I want quiet time or rest. All the trees and plants had a different essence and personality but all were joined to the same source, earth of course. Sorry if that sounds spacey...🌱♥️

[@darienapplewhite5661]

I love it

[@MeltedEarth]

Wow

[@christopherclarke3022]

Thank you for sharing your account.

[@wendylynne5010]

Wow my grandmother was known as the town flowerlady. She believed (by her intuition) that flowers liked to be touched and she would sing to them with what she called love in her heart. She swore it made her flowers grow bigger and Fuller. I know some thought she was a crazy flower lady, but after seeing this video I know she was right!!. People Loved her flowers as well. And she also believed that when love is transfered from human to plant, it also spreads love around it. "Grammy you were an old soul with a understanding all your own. I miss your beautiful gardens, I miss you singing amongst the flowers. 💖💖💖 You were right."

[@rugoshath]

She sounds like she was an awesome lady. I like the part about "when love is transfered from human to plant, it also spreads love around it." It makes sense, brilliant mind and heart. xx

[@davewarman2976]

Thank you for sharing this. My mother did the same and always had beautiful flowers.

[@chathere6843]

Yeah that's feels good to know. Grand ma u were right. Thanks beautiful granddaughter of a pure hearted grandma.

[@thunderlycanthrope7804]

Don’t say that it’s love. Flowers react to certain vibrations. You can’t just baby a plant because it won’t grow that way.

[@davewarman2976]

@@thunderlycanthrope7804 thanks Debbie Downer. You miss the point of her post.

[@poniboishelluv8982]

I've known this since youth. my aunt owned a florist shop and she tought me all about plants having feelings. that's why people talk to them when watering. you also can get alot of positive energy from plant's. that's why you feel happy every time you go to buy flowers

[@emilianoromero-cano2605]

Poniboi Shelluv i- I dont think the video is trying to say that plants have feelings😬

[@poniboishelluv8982]

to be honest they really do. go to the wilderness and meditate, then you will feel the power of nature.

[@dpkrj123]

In India plants are not disturbed after evening because they may be resting. Inspired by the belief, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose(1858-1937), one of the most prominent first Indian scientists who proved by experimentation that both animals and plants share much in common. He demonstrated that plants are also sensitive to heat, cold, light, noise and various other external stimuli. Bose contrived a very sophisticated instrument called the Crescograph, which could record and observe plants minute responses to external stimulants.

[@madhus.268]

Deepak Raj That’s so cool

[@dpkrj123]

@@madhus.268 Our culture is full of knowledge but credit and exploration is long due.

[@sunishthanangal1121]

Thanks a lot for the information!

[@Gspot4000]

Thanks for that I knew I heard this somewhere else long ago

[@WoSarvatraHain]

Up you go!

[@JonnyMudMower]

My weed plants and I always have the best conversations ....they are my favorite people

[@whosscottgreen54]

Preeeeach

[@ottttoooo]

so they plants or people? pick your side

[@kieranmcquillan2783]

Mohammad Zaghloul people are plants plants are people 2 sides of the same coin I choose the coin

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

You got some gooood plants if they talking to you....

[@robertlee9712]

100%

[@edspetka5694]

Am I the only one that felt sad that the fly only closes a few times and it had its action potential wasted? Poor flytrap! Awesome video!

[@MariaFernandazz]

me too lol

[@strekozkaplays]

Same I was like "wait, if it only closes a few times in its life, why are you wasting one of those on this? There's an ekg response - that's good enough for me, don't need to show me."

[@feitan5919]

Hopefully he'll feed one through the opening later.

[@lamowkachow4597]

I was thinking the same thing, although science can be cruel, if the experiment wasn't done we wouldn't have this evidence of the intelligence of plants

[@PaganCaleb]

If the plant is healthy, it's not a big deal. They are always growing new traps and as long as you're not doing it continuously and constantly putting that stress on the plant, it'll be fine. I had some fly traps that had 15+ traps and most would never be used. They would live for awhile and die off, like any other leaf.

[@ananya.a04]

Beautiful, mesmerizing, intriguing...I could keep going on and on. This is how biology should be taught. This is how technology should be incorporated into education. I just hope the world doesn't end before that happens. I would really like to see teachers like these in every classroom someday.

[@recoveringsoul755]

Those sensitive plants also react to heat, like a flame

[@cruciferousvegetable]

I wonder how many kids are going to win a science fair by copying this.

[@rainyday6430]

cruciferousvegetable hopefully a lot. Kids should totally be replicating and innovating with all sorts of science (if safe!). I wish I had the Internet back when I made science fair entries... damn, this is a good one!

[@cruciferousvegetable]

Rainy Day This one is affordable, doable and would win best in show.

[@polyscient]

Just as long as they aren't given credit for it in the news like the kid who didn't invent the 3d solar cell who the media praised as a genius...

[@stephenborntrager6542]

@@cruciferousvegetable I wonder about the affordable part. Exotic plants can be difficult to find and difficult/expensive to grow. Hopefully this one is not too bad though, because it's sensory ability is actually very interesting. I myself wonder about going the other way, using the plant as a motion detector. Could maybe run sense wire to an arduino and use it to trigger an alarm or something. Could be an interesting way to scare the cats away from my other seedlings!

[@originalname28]

I'm pretty jealous for that kid but I have some dignity

[@jairofranco6847]

That's how you know that everything is connected . Amazing.

[@user-uo7qz7dw2x]

U sound really dumb “ everything’s connected” like do you feel as if understanding that things happen a discovery within itself? Did you go out side and feel the wind and just go “yep, this proves it… everything connected”

[@user-uo7qz7dw2x]

Like what do you even mean? 😂

[@AmjadMiandad]

there is a common saying in our literature that "Even if you insult/abuse a plant for a longer period of time eventually it will die" for sure this saying is not based technically on science but reflects the sensitivity & emotions plants got

[@paulineoneill852]

I loved this. It proves what I have always felt, that all living things have some kind of communication ability. Including insects.

[@416pp]

Obviously insects do? Long before humans were around

[@Drogas3653]

It was no secret that insects could communicate 😂

[@DavidAlki88]

What about minerals and rocks Pauline? Hmm? Share your thoughts now and not some eureka moment after the fact.

[@atorrance]

Simple. Educational. Great explanations. Love this! Hope he considers giving a longer talk with more examples or applications.

[@Loebane]

THERE'S the TED I've come to love

[@Prashant07581]

Loebane i

[@mikemondano3624]

Definitely some of the best scifi out there. But some people really believe these crackpots.

[@nshk7163]

Venus fly trap: is there a fly in my mouth ? Greg Gage : Yes Venus fly trap : lol ok (CLOSES IT'S MOUTH) Greg Gage: *BAMBOOZLED*

[@MarMar-pb8ht]

Genious XD

[@imtrash1228]

Lol

[@altobonifacio8936]

SIKE

[@TxWadeGroup]

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[@imtrash1228]

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[@SudhirRaja23]

What a friggin genius! Amazing and humbling. I used to play with the Mimosa Pudica plants in my Grandparents' backyard but never once thought of getting to the depth of their action mechanism. This experiment has not only changed the way I look at plants but has given me new respect for the possibilities that exist around me. It inspires me to encourage my kid to explore way more than I did. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video

[@kentvandervelden]

Wonderful inspirational tool to get people interested in science.

[@JavierFernandez01]

Kent VanderVelden science, life, cause and effect.. This is one of my favorite Ted talks. And one of my favorite subjects. The only subject, really. Anywho.. Merry Christmas!

[@CaesarCassius]

LOL Hardly, this is spectacle, not science. Actual science is boring, not cosmic space odysseys

[@HappyHimitsu]

@@CaesarCassius I dare say there are a lot of very notable and renowned scientists who would disagree with you on that point. What a stupid thing to say lol.

[@randomdude9135]

@@CaesarCassius I think you're confusing "actual science" with the "calculation part."

[@horatio3852]

human: touch flytrap. mimosa: TRIGERED!)

[@tchgs11zdok15]

😂😂😂👌

[@she3po945]

Triggered Level 100

[@charackthe]

Flytrap was mimosa's lover. Naturally, the mimosa got jealous.

[@muhaddesachowdhury1001]

Mimosa is very shy and doesn’t know how to show her anger, so she acts cold and shuts herself up.

[@ashwinnair2049]

😂😂😂😂🤣

[@ericofamerica2123]

That was nicely demonstrated. I'm surprised anyone would deny that plants are living and have feelings and thoughts.

[@djvincekline7338]

Vegans do! Because they don't want to be pointed to their hypocrisy ;-)

[@HalloTschuess]

Plants don't have thoughts bro. Not even insects have thoughts. They are led by external stimuli only, not internal. Their behavior is a reflex or a reaction, not a decision or action compared to other life forms. Their behaviour is more of a computer code like {if THIS is true, then DO this; Else DO this}. They aren't curious and don't wonder about things, like a human asking philosophical questions, or a dog being fascinated or weirded out by the movement of clothes in a washing machine (the European ones with a glas window, not the weird American toploaders where you can't see the clothes being washed).

[@pr2018]

3:40 Its called CHHUYI MUYI in local language in India it means A touch down plant.

[@andromedasurfer5084]

Question : If the neurons in the heart are the cause of the electrical current picked up by the EKG in humans... what then is the cause of the electrical current measured in plants ?

[@AllHustleNoLuck8Gaming]

Andromeda Surfer Thats an awesome question !

[@onlyme0349]

Get it to the top so it gets answered!

[@Somenath_Sen]

Your question is exactly on point and I think scientists themselves are quite unsure about the exact answer to it. Some say it might be the influx and efflux of ions in and out of the cytoplasm through the phloem. I found this 1983 article which you might wanna look into. pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3c2c/41e497d4589e958e181cae226681665b8788.pdf

[@friedmule5403]

Andromeda Surfer wary great question! I think one of the problem is how we define a brain, everyone knows that humans have one brain, but that do in no way exclude that we also have as many "braincells" in our stomach as a cat have in it's head. So maybe do the plants have something comparable to what we have in our stomachs!

[@friedmule5403]

Will Pack I am not sure, as far as I know, there is several different kinds in the small intestine, if they have the same kind or distribution in the large intestine, is fare beyond my knowledge. :-)

[@carmellacandy509]

The mimosa is called "no me tocas" (don't touch me) in Costa Rica.

[@carmellacandy509]

Ole...ole, ole, ole.....Ticos, Ticos!

[@johanseque]

Yo la conozco como dormilona

[@iamankitajena]

In my state of India we call it lajakuli lata(shyfull plant)

[@iqlimadamiarazarous9941]

In Malaysia, we call it shameplant or pokok semalu

[@jacqueswebster750]

in philippines we call it "makahiya" came from the word "hiya" meaning shy

[@mridusmita84]

This was just so amazing to me as well as my 6 year old who was asking me why touch-me-nots closes on touching. One correction, the mimosa or touch-me-not is also widely found in India, and Asia beyond South America

[@atrocious_pr0xy]

who else here apologizes to plants when they accidentally hurt a them?

[@13anushkaanand64]

Meeeeeeee

[@Sedonaboo135]

Me

[@AASHISHKUMAR-gn4on]

@@Sedonaboo135 me also

[@shelli-ann9369]

A relative knocked over an orchid off the windowsill and that tore all its leaves and he hid it from me. When I saw it, I was so upset that I started tearing up and yelling. I had to repot and relocate it. Thankfully the plant is recovering after a few months of tlc, (not so much for the relative😋)

[@hotelvalsinestra6380]

god thats wierd that all teh steps i make on a plant i hurt a thing

[@z.deutch1334]

Gonna show this to my vegan friend

[@yudy92]

Cameron Lorna and what do you expect to achieve?

[@99wins]

I guess your vegan friend will say. Cool! But i don't actually kill entire plants when I eat them, they can grow back. But that chicken leg you ate, even if you let the chicken live, will never grow back.

[@saradanser894]

99wins As a vegan and lifelong vegetarian, these kinds of science experiments do actually make me feel uncomfortable- wondering if there must be strictly humane methods of harvesting plants.. I just detest the idea of hurting ANYTHING 🤕🌿🌱🌾🤔

[@joelfernandes9793]

Sara Danser, I don't think so that there is such a thing as harvesting humanely. We have to feed on living things to survive. Vegetarianism was born out of misconception that plants don't move around and make sounds, therefore they don't feel anything.

[@arjun6358]

Lol

[@Argoon1981]

This are the types of talks that I love on TED.

[@maryhairy1]

Biology would have been so much more exciting seeing this displayed.

[@paulsmith-gi5vm]

Ten years ago while I was preparing to go work an emergency weather alert came on our local station warning of a fast moving, strong, storm system entering the city.While observing the map and speed/direction of travel I realized I only had minutes to seek shelter in the basement. After grabbing the radio I ran towards the stairs and began to hear the wind and felt its pressure effects on the house i.e. a groaning of the timbers and screeching of nails being pulled apart. The sounds increased rapidly in volume and by the time I reached the bottom of the stair case I covered my ears lest they be damaged by the intensity. Looking out of a basement window i saw the very large old pear tree racking and twisting in the intense wind shear and heard an almost indescribable sound. Like a scream. To me it sounded as if the trees were screaming as their limbs were being ripped from their trunks! As suddenly as the storm came upon us it disappeared. It was moving 70+ mph. I could have left the radio because the electric lines and poles were destroyed as well as trees and branches everywhere. Still, I remember that eerie haunting and intense "screaming"of the trees to this day.

[@Mortthemoose]

Wow! Interesting story.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

Silence of the trees... My favorite movie.

[@lrvdo]

Ist the tree okay now?

[@paulsmith-gi5vm]

@@lrvdo The house was sold two years later (8 years ago). I'm curious myself to see if it's still there. It was very grand and old . I'll drive by later today and let you know 😊

[@k.m7350]

Interesting

[@OptrixTV]

I probably learnt more in these 9 minutes than I did from a whole year of biology

[@plodojed]

Same 😂

[@63M1N1]

then you probably suck at learning

[@mariothrowsfireballsuntitl1841]

Or the education system is bad.

[@lilaclizard4504]

Or the Ted talk is fascinating!

[@ProFow]

Great now you can learn some grammar

[@kristypolymath1359]

This nearly brought tears to my eyes. I've always enjoyed science-related TED talks, and I love having my eyes opened to new things. I didn't cry because I'm petered out on KZbin videos after binge watching for 3 days, lol.

[@paulsmith-gi5vm]

Been there done that. Still do occasionally. Remember to stretch,eat drink,evacuate, regularly. Also change screen devices distance and size to reduce eye strain.

[@jimmyharrison1864]

I'm soon to be 80 and have always had a thing for plants. People say thet talk to their plants. For me it's more an attitude and feeling. I play music for my plants and birds, inside and out. I do "communicate " and talk to myself. I'm known as the plant doctor. Sometimes mybgreenhouse get crowded. But they always respond. Back in the 70s this was demonstrated on tv. Also a book called "The Secret Life of Planets". They started a car by plant signal. They are truly amazing. And healthy. I dont use chemical anything, not even plastic pots or styrofoam beads.

[@mari-louiseapsey2665]

Totally amazing! Really enjoyed this presentation about plants. They have their own, magnificent intelligence that they radiate, we’re learning and discovering so much from them everyday. Talk to them, care for them and send them your heart’s good energy, and in return, they will release their oxygen that we humans need to survive. Keep up the good work.🌿🌺

[@josebatiles4262]

I remember when I was a kid my father would tell me, plants can hear us. That explains why he sometimes talk to them. By the way, he is an Agriculturist.

[@syamilhakimi2383]

Yup that's true! I think we have to warn to the vegan people to stop eating plants and animal! Because both feel pain living things owhh and also have consciousness😂

[@Noname-lm8tl]

@Alex Woodly i am a vegan too and understand the importance of life. What if aliens came and chopped us to pieces and roasted and ate us right, how would we feel

[@Noname-lm8tl]

@@syamilhakimi2383 we don't kill plants and eat them. We just eat the fruits. The excess energy is stored in the form of starch in plants. The starch in plants is equal to fat in our body. The starch later turns into a fruit or vegetable

[@syamilhakimi2383]

@@Noname-lm8tl so you take their babies just like that? That was their babies 🤣😂

[@ohlookitscorn.]

that's probably why when you talk and compliment your plants, they grow!

[@cheesenipspartymix]

6:12, not true, the trap doesn’t die when it opens and closes a bunch of times. It just becomes a normal leaf and acts like one, and can’t function as a trap. This is because the turgor pressure which opens and closes the traps deforms the cells to the point where they just can’t conform their shape any longer. Also, even when traps are closed by triggering enough hairs, they will still open later on unless the hairs are triggered multiple times while the trap is closed, which is how it detects a struggling insect. When feeding traps manually, they have to be massaged so the trigger hairs are stimulated enough for the trap to not open up again, simulating living prey. The purpose of this is simple: a rain drop hitting the plant hard enough can cause a trap to close, and rain is common in the bogs they grow in. Also, many insects may escape too, either from being too large, not fitting enough of their body in, or being a slimy bug like a slug or worm Very smart plants I would say.

[@iamankitajena]

I think he meant the insect dies not the trap

[@user-sw1wq8lh2w]

@@iamankitajena he meant the trap ceases to function, but said "dies"

[@karlkeegan8392]

Very good Wendy I used to fit doors made from Douglas Fir.

[@technofeeling2462]

Smart? I think it is just evolution and the plants that did not behave like that just died out

[@guystrylife9688]

Probably the most informative, simple, and mind activating TED talk I’ve seen.

[@jodevonshirenz]

Honestly, if science was like this in school... so many more of us wouldve stayed engaged.

[@metalmayhem3622]

Now I'll feel guilty mowing my lawn, thanks.

[@THE-BIG-JP-REILS]

Metal Mayhem committing genocide just to be able to play in the yard smh

[@nguyenthanhsu9135]

The smell of grass is their crying in pain.

[@stephane7607]

I do not see any other way for you to pick up all the blades of grass and bury them individually with a ceremony. Then you can join the community of repented plant killers:)

[@Bierman2121]

how do you think vegans feel? lol

[@she3po945]

Lmao 😂

[@euchrisssssssss]

There's a very good documentary on the same subject called "What Plants Talk About". It's avaliable here on youtube

[@DinosourousRexx]

Chris Mise It's a great documentary!

[@lilaclizard4504]

agreed!

[@buddhikaperera9722]

Plants graw

[@canyadigit6274]

Chris Mise, yep. It’s amazing.

[@dr_ricahontas]

Thank you!

[@giselecampos9666]

Wow!!! This is soooo amazing! We still have so much to learn about plants. What an amazing kingdom!

[@coertmommsen731]

Dear Greg, Thank you for this amazing illustration... I think the video should be part of every botany curriculum. Some time ago I remember someone having done an experiment on plants using an Encephalograhic (EEG) recorder, but didn't know if the results had been faked. Now it seems that they weren't, or what? This video also gave me the idea that TEDX might be a channel for students to showcase the results of their academic work to bigger audiences, once completed. Thank you for this inspiring video. Regards,Coert Mommsen

[@eraven1982]

The very end was incredible! This reminds me of that 70's documentary "The Secret Life of Plants" but obviously a bit more info/updated! I loved this TED Talk SOOO MUCH!!!! 🤓

[@WillowJonTV]

I've read some books on the amazing life of plants and how they communicate and evolve. This was an awesome experience. Thanks so much for showing that we are all electricity and consciousness. We're in the Matrix of nature!

[@nicolasdomouse9052]

WillowJon T.V. RIGHT

[@truthbebold4009]

God spoke our universe and everything in it into existence. Paradise will be restored and death, disease and pain will be eradicated. Would you like to live on the restored Earth in an incorruptible body?

[@AP-bo1if]

Gods universe truly has awesome manifestations.

[@girijakumari3642]

No we are in a hollogram of truth..

[@---pu7ke]

Any book recommendations?

[@mobileonly1401]

Always was interested in plants since learning about fly trap pitcher plant vanda. JUST FASCINATING!

[@davidarundel6187]

In the 1970's, a book - Super Nature - was published, with information relevant to this discussion. A few years before that, a group in Scotland, started a garden - The Findhorn Gardens - which did something similar. At Findhorn, they spoke nicely & with kindness to the plants in the garden, which provided the gardeners, with unexpected results, as the plants produced an abundance of 'food', in bigger than normal sizes. I, used this information in my last flat, which when I moved in, had no curtains, or carpet, & looked out onto a carpark + a bunch of backyards. The widows, were dressed with plants - baby ones - which were given all that they needed to flourish, including, kind words, regarding their growth & beauty. Over time, they became a joy, to some of the neighbours, other neighbours, whom the landlords staff, had given a set of master keys to, repeatedly burgled my flat, looking for Canabis plants, & narcking me to the cops. No police, ever came calling, in the 3 years of being narcked on. Any neighbours &, or their visitors, who appeared sad, on entering the property, who saw my Windows, imeadiately had a change of mein, being seen to get happy, on sighting the widow, which for most of the year, had flowers, in abundance, on the plants. The neighbours & few freinds that were invited in, were more relaxed & happier, than when they came in. Now I'm in another flat, and only a few of the plants have survived the move. The ones that survived, continue to out perform, similar plants that some folks in the wider neighbourhood, have. I, love my plants & appreciate the seasonal blooms that get produced. Any "wild" plan, that' leaves are needed for for medicinal purposes, is asked for its leaves or flowers, and is also thanked, for their gift, and they are apologised to, for hurting then, when the leaves or flowers, are picked.

[@danielsanichiban]

Dr Jagadish Chandra Bose discovered and taught this in the late 1800s. Strange that it's still not widely understood.

[@Prashant07581]

Dan ftgyyy

[@zeus1082]

Dan Elleson electric cars was invented in 1800.but jus popping into market.They introduce technology which gives profit to them

[@jameslandon4126]

That's true about the profit but the early electric cars and trucks were just not practical because battery technology wasn't that developed and they were not efficient enough. That is the main reason they were not popular.

[@zeus1082]

Jim Garrison even petrol and diesel based autombiles wete not that effective those days.Did'nt theey improve the effectiveness and bought it to 38% which is still low.

[@ENT_DrShivaamKes]

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[@lazyjesus6573]

Cannabis is the most wonderful plant in the world, many an interesting conversations, trippy ideas and far out words of wisdom have I had with that wonderful plant.

[@InanisNihil]

and they led to u raiding ur parents fridge for food.. xD

[@alexanderknight8421]

Lazy Jesus that plant probably counts too man

[@felcas]

Cannabis 🤭🤭🤭 try hayauasca

[@sharikaraman5896]

Lazy Jesus ?! lol, may the plant control you completely ...lol

[@SomethingSeemsOff]

Had to you feel about Psilocybin? (To be fair, mushrooms are not plants.)

[@n00dles79]

Well, this is absolutely incredible.

[@nazrulislam-ol8wt]

Woooooo. That was crazy . Excellent demonstration . And his voice was amazing too .

[@surfingwithsnakes]

I have a sensitive plant just like that, it just came up on day in on of my pots so I separated it. It’s really cool to see it move when you touch it, it’s a favorite when guests come over because they like to interact with it.

[@Aaron565]

Its mostly a negative reaction and probably causes undue stress to trigger it fwi

[@lilaclizard4504]

If you really want to impress your guests, try to get a second plant (put a branch into the ground or tie a bag of soil around it & it will likely produce roots & be able to be separated from the parent plant) & then train one plant & not the other. Scientists did this, they dropped the plants repeatedly from a low height until the plants learnt they weren't going to get hurt & stopped reacting to the drop. They remembered their training for over a month!

[@laicka45]

Lilac Lizard Do you have a link to this experiment? It makes me curious!

[@lilaclizard4504]

BoneAnchor, I can't find the link I had before :( but I found a new one, kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3e6eYdsjN2sisU looks like it's for kids, but it explains the experiment. I can't find the link to the paper right now either sorry & no link on that video :(

[@Sacheen]

Aaron565pwns I agree we need plant rights

[@Blackgeoff1]

This was very interesting. It recalled to my mind an experiment I read of decades ago (sometime in the '70s) with a geranium house plant while its owner was out of town. Equipment was set up to drop a prawn (or a shrimp) into a pot of boiling water at totally random intervals over a period of a few hours; and each time it did this was recorded. Quite separately, in the same room, a geranium plant was set up with electrodes (like with the plants in this video). There were no connecting wires between the two setups, so there was no transfer of electrical energy between them. What happened was each time a prawn (or shrimp) was dumped into the boiling water, a sharp spike appeared on the graph connected to the geranium plant. The plant sensed the momentary agonising shock the crustracean experienced immediately before dying. The times of the crustaceans being dumped in boiling water and the sharp spikes on the graph paper registered from the geranium, matched perfectly in every instance. The geranium also registered spikes when the plants owner returned after an airplane trip. The exact time of touch-down at the airport co-related exactly to a spike from the plant, as well as a spike on the graph when the owner turned up in their driveway, as well as when they came into the apartment. The experiments were repeated with the same results. The geranium sensed things happening without being wired directly to them - the screams of the crustaceans being killed as well as sensing the proximity of its owner. This was decades ago; and I can find no reference to it on the internet. (Not all things make it to the web). I thought this might be of interest, especially if there was someone in the comments old enough to have read the same story.

[@eugenehvorostyanov2409]

Would love to see references. Very interesting experiment indeed.

[@j_lihua9416]

@@eugenehvorostyanov2409 www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-intelligent-plant Here's something somewhat related 👍

[@windwhipped5]

Healthy geraniums are like sponges im not suprised they used them then.

[@masterofsparkshwy6974]

So... you say it could sense touch down of his plane at the airport?? How far away? Recall? Any distance is baffling... I'm more than intrigued, he'll this plant is more aware of it's surroundings than my kids!!!

[@Schnitz13]

It's referenced in the book The Secret Lives of Plants.

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

Wow! Amazing. A great explanation and demonstration. As a former college biology lecturer, I am well impressed.

[@aminakassiem7247]

This is just beyond amazing!!

[@fulcrumindicate]

What would be interesting is the internal and external communication between gut flora of the same and different type. Great video!

[@rajeevsingh6734]

This experiment were done before by jagdish Chandra Bose hE was an Indian.A great scientist from india

[@Aurora..Borealis]

Yes! Very true. Chandra was a great man. I believe BBC rated him one of the greatest Bengali of all time.

[@Aurora..Borealis]

@@rexrig7109 racist ignoramous.... No one was claiming credit for it! This was about educating kids. Maybe if you had some further eduction you'd learn that JCB is and has always been credited for this discovery and more......

[@chumleyk]

He was made a Sir and studied at Oxford and Cambridge.

[@philipsb5900]

Now comes Indians and say "he have copied this theory from vedas and we are the one to know it first"... 😂😂🤣

[@REX-iw9qr]

Don't bring this bullshit here ok who asked you about the credit .. Cant you appreciate his work ...

[@VikramReddyAnapana]

Wonderful. Crystal clear information. 🙏🙏🙏

[@abhayanand9585]

Really phenomenal! The demonstrations were what to say!!! I am bio student and love watching such videos.

[@penguinzomby]

The Venus Flytrap counts stimuli before closing in order to compensate for rain drops

[@Tooncow2]

What? How do you figure that?

[@quelorepario]

Or any false positive

[@swaranbains8326]

Or requires more action potentials to open the gates to move

[@sekharchakrabarty3333]

Mr Gage should have mentioned about Jagadish chandra bose who invented crescograph which recorded plant growth and had theorised nervous system of plants(1926)

[@againstthemodernworld3253]

Dr. Bose definitely contributed- but it was 100 years after other people started the experiments in Europe (also where Bose was educated)

[@ashokyanniyavar2106]

Sekhar Chakrabarty thank you sir for feed back's nof the Indian scientific researching.

[@DKMKartha108]

धत्ते भरं कुसुमपत्र फलावलीनां घर्मव्यथां वहति शीतभवां रुजां च / यो देहमर्पयति चाऽन्य सुखस्य हेतोः तस्मै वदान्यगुरवे तरवे नमस्ते // dhattē bharaṁ kusumapatra phalāvalīnāṁ gharmavyathāṁ vahati śītabhavāṁ rujāṁ ca / yō dēhamarpayati cā’nya sukhasya hētōḥ tasmai vadānyaguravē taravē namastē // I bow my head in respect to you, O, Tree You are my guru In how you generously bear the weight of leaves and flowers and fruits For the sake of others, How you bear the hardship of the summer heat And the pains of the winter afflictions, For the sake of others, And how you offer your body and life at the end For the well-being of others. Jagannaatha Pandita (India, 15th Century C.E.)

[@trainwreck237]

If you could trigger a plants motional output with a different plants input (like they showed at the end), then imagine just having a hallway of plants which is electrically connected to a single plant, then when you put an input to that plant, all of the plants in the hallway react, or maybe imagine having a contraption which on/off button is a plant.

[@biswadeeproy840]

Just love the way you explain sir

[@lightningMcqueen5]

ഞമ്മളെ തൊട്ടാവാടി 😃 In kerala , india mimosa is known as "thottavaadi" which means wilt on touching . Portuguese merchants brought it from brazil to india .

[@dineshbasker]

Randa Rason *Portuguese

[@lightningMcqueen5]

@@dineshbasker Thanks മോനെ Dineshaaa 😍

[@muhammedniyasap3862]

Hambadaa

[@hmmm....1910]

Dhee malayaali🤩

[@bethsbeautifulworld8151]

Adipoli

[@psymetric3684]

Mamosa (or family) is also found in south east Asia.. because I found many while travelling and I love this shy plant 😋

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

this video never ceases to make me smile

[@ramchandrathapa3532]

wow amazing demonstration. Thanks for the video

[@shibasishroysarkar1539]

Absolutely marvelous; never knew such communication btw plants can happen.

[@CastIronGinger]

This is so incredible and the moment I seen my first plant cell, was the first to do so in class, I have been fascinated since on LIFE and how it works!

[@MRINDIA-pd6rz]

Amazing.... What a demonstration!!

[@MariaFernandazz]

i'm from brazil, i remember visiting my grandparents farm when i was very young and discovering these mimosa plant. I would go to the place where it was everyday for all the ten days i stayed there and thinking it was the coolest thing alive and i couldn't forget about it for over a decade but i never managed to find out its name

[@Maru-ge6jn]

"Where did you go to school again?" KZbin!

[@brigritte2091]

yep!

[@devonscope6222]

College is such a scam

[@fusionsportdaily1650]

@@devonscope6222 it's like Hopsin said in his song Fly (one of my favorite Hopsin songs), "did the man who invented college, go to college? Hmpf no".

[@angebrowne1730]

John Walker Lee Could find better truthful education on yt than in any school or uni - if you know what to look for and have a discerning mind to distinguish fact from fiction. You can even learn a lot about bookkeeping, accounts, share dealing, carpentry and other trades, sewing, design and a host of other occupations from yt.

[@njd4291]

Don't ever repeat that.

[@SoirEkim]

Very interesting. Thank you for a whole new awareness regarding plant function. Brings up many questions. I see several suggestions as to why or how listed in the other comments. Lets test those ideas rather than argue about them. I can only get so far by thinking my way through a problem. I'll test my ideas before telling someone they are wrong. For those of you who are children... Don't allow negative comments, regardless of who commented, to stop you from trying to understand and learn from the potentiality beneficial insights shared by those who test and show results. Good luck in your findings.

[@AyushSingh-js3rf]

Who else thought that count was clickbait just to realise it isn't KZbin is the best place to gain Knowledge it has more knowledge than your average school

[@kyratawney7591]

I would challenge that depression one. My friends had two sibling plants (babies from one of their aunt's plants) and one of their roommates knocked one of the plants over and didn't pick it up until my friends got back to the apt. In that time the plant that was still on the table had moved all it's vines toward the plant on the floor. When the plant that fell died from the shock and because it had been on the floor all day, it's sibling plant also started to wither and it didn't start coming back to life until they bought some other plants and put them all next to each other. If a plant can start to wither and die because it's alone and only perks back up when it's given friends, that says to me depression and mourning. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Arianita2001]

Damn, that's very interesting. In my family we believe in us being energy, that includes animals, insects and plants. It'd be very nice if they indeed could sense and react, understanding in a very primal way what is happening, like "good feeling", "bad feeling". Very cool, I'll continue to say nice things to my little cactus 😂

[@deenalaykie5260]

the Mamosa is a very shallow rooting tree. It also is not very strong. I propose the reason is to dump rainwater to keep from toppling or breaking branches.

[@br00talcabbage64]

Deena Laykie brilliant conclusion

[@enticedTwice]

Deena Laykie ... that makes perfect sense.

[@brendarua01]

Cool! Thanks, TED!

[@TR0Y72]

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[@firebirdtactical3333]

Brenda Rua I

[@user-mr5eo9ov3q]

Brenda Rua this is interesting experiment there are people who says plants dont actually have brains like us so they are non living but now such experiments completely proves that plants do have sensory systems which responds same way as the other species there much need to understand how the plants sensory system works & it would help in more better understanding of plant life

[@sorellman]

His interpretation is often a stretch, which many scientists tend to do because it is appealing to the public. As for "the great Charles Darwin," if you make such claim, you have disqualified yourself as a scientist. Evolution is as much of a hoax as the notion that some kind of god miraculously created the world in six days is.

[@rafajaw]

So what is the truth?

[@empowermph]

also watch the documentary film "The Secret Life of Plants" ..they do have emotions, & they do communicate with each other

[@voice2skull.]

I LLLLLOVE that doc!!

[@holyramadhan1889]

I'm confuse what should i eat? I dont want human kill animals cause clearly animals feel pain and have emotion, fair, sad etc. But after know plants also feel pain and have emotion too😭 i feel guilty😭

[@anjagalan6905]

@@holyramadhan1889 some animals and plants are made for food by God for humans. Don't feel guilty.

[@Masda.X]

@@holyramadhan1889 God made some of them for us. Do not feel guilty. They feel happy when we eat them.

[@holyramadhan1889]

@@Masda.X if they feel happy, why goats, sheep, cows, fish and all animals run away and revolt when human caught killed them.if you think they were happy so you can change your position become goat and you were slaughtered and human eat you. plz dont think that they are happy, that's bullshit, this full of fearness, sad, and painfull😢😭😭😭

[@arpeetpaul6673]

Amazing experiment Sir thanks for showing to us

[@user-mj4or8sh3g]

ITS CALLED "MAKAHIYA" IN OUR COUNTRY! 😂 ITS MY FAVOURITE PLANT SINCE I WAS KID! Makahiya means Shy. so its a shy shy plant! lol.

[@elcothelosen3621]

great , i know ferns when you touch it, its leafs jump everywhere and start new ferns in days...it reminds me of that move..

[@allenalinea9424]

Ito yung hinahanap kong comment hahahaha

[@yahyah1453]

Haha nag comments din ako nito

[@roellavaro3612]

Batang 90s

[@guitaristxpicado]

What language?

[@leveljoe]

Plants can also recognize weather another that has entered its root system is family or not. If the plants are related, they continue to grow as if the other doesn't exist. If they are not related, they will grow in a way that will attempt to deprive the other of nutrition.

[@leveljoe]

Just Jess when they are competitive for scarce recourses they do.

[@polyscient]

All sorts of interesting adaptations have evolved. Remember people, every trait you possess serves the purpose of replicating DNA molecules possessing some generic pattern similarities (aka genes) to your own. Even if it means killing you. That's why people die with old age. We haven't evolved enough to remain useful to our offspring for long periods of time yet.

[@jt659]

Those are allelophathic plants. Their roots excrete growth inhibitors that affect some plants more than others. Basically it allows fewer plants a chance to get the nutrients their roots use. Walnut is one of these. You can look up lists of plants that can handle being planted near them. I think Mulbery is one.

[@mihajlor2004]

Plants arent so peaceful huh

[@donkeykong4983]

✝️

[@dibiyabudhathoki6546]

The last one is amazing😮Thank you so much you are really brilliant👍😀

[@fatonisodiq9341]

This is my favorite talk i ever heard

[@Serachja]

wow, that was great. Thank you!

[@Justin-Outdoors]

Turning plants into a series circuit 🤔

[@salauddinpatwary3987]

It was the best TED talk I have ever seen. Bravo.

[@hopebetterfuture9698]

I really love this video🌹 Thank you

[@fanriadho]

I'm an electrical engineer, i was LOL when he's said about ground joke 4:16

[@dhananjaya.mishra]

i just remembered Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose this time. People might not getting the point this is not an entertainment this is a very important step in the neuroscience which can be shaped into an advance science in various ways.

[@wanderingwonderer5442]

Dhananjaya Mishra J C Bose was a Bengali!

[@DKMKartha108]

धत्ते भरं कुसुमपत्र फलावलीनां घर्मव्यथां वहति शीतभवां रुजां च / यो देहमर्पयति चाऽन्य सुखस्य हेतोः तस्मै वदान्यगुरवे तरवे नमस्ते // dhattē bharaṁ kusumapatra phalāvalīnāṁ gharmavyathāṁ vahati śītabhavāṁ rujāṁ ca / yō dēhamarpayati cā’nya sukhasya hētōḥ tasmai vadānyaguravē taravē namastē // I bow my head in respect to you, O, Tree You are my guru In how you generously bear the weight of leaves and flowers and fruits For the sake of others, How you bear the hardship of the summer heat And the pains of the winter afflictions, For the sake of others, And how you offer your body and life at the end For the well-being of others. Jagannaatha Pandita (India, 15th Century C.E.)

[@emmynspires1719]

Greg Gage. I so much love the stuffs this guy is putting out to the world. Me personally, after giving it a thought, I think that the facts that plants have evolved quite differently from us doesn't mean that they are unintelligent. I think they do creative things too. And they are really intelligent in ways which are still to understand..

[@NinjaOrchids]

I have a deep connection with my orchids. They do most of the talking and while in many cases, feel as though i understand what they are talking about, every day i am learning another bit of vocabulary. Orchids are patient teachers! 😊

[@elenabodna5719]

The Navi was right in avatar. They can communicate 😂

[@shelli-ann9369]

They can...

[@ClosedProductions]

The largest organism ever known is a fungus that spans miles, all interconnected through underground rhizome structures. It's in Oregon.

[@JosephAng]

@@ClosedProductions I wonder what those mushrooms can tell us.

[@americanknight2070]

This gets me thinking about how easy it probably would be for us to miss Actual alien life

[@walmartian]

we need to nuke all planets in case alien plants are hostile

[@benjaminpierce8835]

Turns out the moon is actually an egg

[@polyscient]

"we" as a species have not missed alien life. Our officials and military are well aware of and in contact with it. "We" as members of the general population of our civilization have not been allowed the knowledge of extraterrestrial intelligence's existence due to the threat that knowledge poses to the mechanisms of power they hold. Primarily religion and military supremacy.

[@victorschneider5125]

so are these officials american or australian or chinese or something?

[@iwanttodie9653]

@@polyscient Wow you actually believe that conspiracy theory are you like 9?

[@catniplemon]

!!! I wish so very much I had these opportunities during my school years! What lucky children to have that opportunity to play with that equipment.

[@mehehehe7488]

I am so so so excited to have learned about this! I'm going to tell my friends!

[@stephaniesmith5326]

I think, maybe the plant closes down in heavy rainstorms.

[@cheesenipspartymix]

Stephanie Smith they have a second feature which the trap needs to have hairs triggered while its closed (like a struggling bug) or it will open up the next day

[@WILLYLYNCH.]

@@cheesenipspartymix The other one not the fly trap. We all know why the fly trap closes it's in the name lol.

[@Pamelaandjoulepii]

WOW!!! That is so incredible!!!so why not hug a tree ? But maybe ask the tree first 🌳

[@jacobsparry8525]

Only you do have to worry if the tree does answer back verbally.

[@Pamelaandjoulepii]

JacobsParry it depends on what the tree has to say 👍

[@jacobsparry8525]

@@Pamelaandjoulepii Ha Ha Ha... acshully I haved other worser things to worked on to geted right. I do liked sciences because all ways the answer is the same. People are way very diffrenter and dangerouser.

[@HumbelPie]

And smell its neck 😂

[@ebadkhan5963]

That is sexual assault. or should I say tree assault touching private parts without consent 😅

[@Wearenick]

Maybe this is one of the best videos I've ever seen in my life.

[@DavidRaderII]

@3:49 Have been fascinated with these Mimosa trees since I was a kid. They call them weeds around here. They grow fast. I think the leaves closing up may have multiple purposes, including reducing wind resistance. I think it's more fragile than the Maples that grown around here in some ways. Rarely, but expectedly we have tornado strength winds.

[@johnw6389]

I hope you gave the Venus trap a fly!!!.... :o)

[@TMWriting]

that is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

[@marks8494]

You need to get out more bro

[@arnolddebeer3506]

Whoow. Amazing demo!

[@Top10Moments01]

8:57 WoW 😮😮😮 This is Totally AWESOME dude.