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Re:Where are they? Why I hope the search for ET life finds n... by BLKNSLVR on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:28PM (#18499763)
Time lapse photography can make plant behaviour seem intelligent. The way pea plants put out fronds that 'reach out' to attach to nearby structures in order to stabilise the plant as it grows taller.

I think of time lapse photography sequences as how a tree might see the world. The movement of animals too fast for it to react to in a similar, but larger-scale, way that flies are usually too fast and agile for humans to catch or swat.

Re:Where are they? Why I hope the search for ET life finds n... by simonh on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:04AM (#18501444)
In one of Terry Pratchett's books an intelligent tree wonders why the sky keeps flickering.