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 ==== Introduction ==== ==== Introduction ====
    
- <html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603591016/" title="Picture 5 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5603591016_dd7d797391_s.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="Picture 5"></a></html>---At the beginning of the twentieth century Viennese biologist  + <html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/5603591016/" title="Picture 5 by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5150/5603591016_dd7d797391_s.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt="Picture 5"></a></html>---At the beginning of the twentieth century Viennese biologist Raoul Francé(1874-1943)put forth the idea, shocking to contemporary natural philosophers, that plants move their bodies as freely, easily, and gracefully as the most skilled animal or human, and 
-Raoul Francé put forth the idea, shocking to contemporary natural philosophers, that plants move their bodies as freely, easily, and gracefully as the most skilled animal or human, and +
 that the only reason we don't appreciate the fact is that plants do so at  that the only reason we don't appreciate the fact is that plants do so at 
 a much slower pace than humans.  a much slower pace than humans. 
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 ---Plants seem to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when  ---Plants seem to know which ants will steal their nectar, closing when 
 these ants are about, opening only when there is enough dew on their  these ants are about, opening only when there is enough dew on their 
-stems to keep the ants from climbing. The more sophisticated acacia +stems to keep the ants from climbing. The Acacia 
 actually enlists the protective services of certain ants which it rewards  actually enlists the protective services of certain ants which it rewards 
 with nectar in return for the ants' protection against other insects and  with nectar in return for the ants' protection against other insects and 
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 form of a prolonged upward sweep of the recording pen. Backster had  form of a prolonged upward sweep of the recording pen. Backster had 
 not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine.  not moved, either toward the plant or toward the recording machine. 
-**Could the plant have been reading his mind**?+**Could the plant have been reading his mind**? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleve_Backster]]
  
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   * [[plant perception]]   * [[plant perception]]
   * [[groworld HPI ii]]   * [[groworld HPI ii]]
 +  * [[plant_tricks]]
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