Virgin trees have unusual intelligence

Excellent memory capacity is often attributed to elephant characteristics, but scientists have discovered that plants can also be recognized and remembered, though not endowed with the brain.

Scientists claim that the virgin tree , also known as the shameful tree , the scientific name Mimosa pudica, is self-aware that the drops of water are harmless and will remember this for weeks. later. The results of the study revealed, the experience of teaching plants to learn how to survive and can make scientists see plants in a new way.

The conclusion is drawn when experts from the University of Western Australia and Professor Stefano Mancuso of the University of Florence (Italy) study virgin trees, plants will fold the leaves when touched to protect Defend yourself against the enemy. They discovered, this action is not simply a natural reflex.

The virgin tree will close the leaf's leaves when touched.(Photo: Word Press)

The team examined short-term and long-term memory of virgin trees, both in high and low light environments, by dripping water repeatedly on the plant to see the reaction. This strange plant has stopped clumping leaves when it is learned that water does not threaten their survival and does not cause any harm.

According to a research report in the journal Oecologia, although there is no brain, virgin plants are still able to create learning behaviors in seconds and as in animals, the process of recognizing and learning will be faster at Low light conditions.

Scientists are still unclear about the mechanism of learning and memory of plants, but they say, it may be because the signaling network is based on calcium in their cells. This process is thought to be in some way similar to the memorization process in animals.

Dr. Monica Gagliano, head of the study, also recently published a discovery work, trees can also "chat" with noises.

Researchers emphasize that their findings have fundamentally changed the way people perceive plants and the boundaries between plants and animals, including the definition of learning as an attribute. Especially for nervous system organisms.