• Reading Level 5
Science | Geography | Citizenship

‘Plants are intelligent too’ say scientists

Recent botanical discoveries are leading some scientists to the conclusion that plants might be intelligent beings. But how can it be possible to think without a brain? Communication, decision-making, memory and senses are signs of intelligent life, present in man and beast. They are not things you would associate with the plant world.

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