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--- secret_life_of_plants [2011-04-17 16:40] – [ESP, extrasensory perception] cocky
+++ secret_life_of_plants [2011-04-17 19:30] – [Latest Soviet Discoveries] cocky
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 of its 'day' and 'night.' " Later, the same bean plant, having acquired
 the equivalent of "legs," was **able instrumentally to signal whenever it
-wanted water.** "Showing itself to be a fully rational being," the account
+wanted water.** "Showing itself to be a fully rational being, it did not guzzle the water indiscriminately but limited
-continued, "it did not guzzle the water indiscriminately but limited
 itself to a two-minute drink each hour, thus regulating its water need
 with the help of an artificial mechanism.  Pg 67
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 discovered the "conditioned reflex," the Kazakh scientists simultaneously "punished" a philodendron with an electrical shock each time a
 mineralized ore was placed next to it. They reported that, after condi-
-tioning, the same plant, anticipating the hurtful shock, would get "emo-
+tioning, the same plant, anticipating the hurtful shock, would get "emotionally upset" whenever the block of ore was put beside it. Further-
-tionally upset" whenever the block of ore was put beside it. Further-
 more, said the Kazakh scientists, the plant could distinguish between
-mineralized ore and a similar piece of barren rock containing no miner-
+mineralized ore and a similar piece of barren rock containing no minerals, a feat which might indicate that plants will one day be used in
-als, a feat which might indicate that plants will one day be used in
 **geological prospecting.**  Pg 69