/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13002140
>And no, plants are not sentient at all kek

Oh but they my little kekistani faggot

Not only do plants engage in neuron-like activity and movement, they make mathematical computations, see us and, like animals that act altruistically, show kindness toward their relatives. They are able to recognize themselves and communicate with animals and other plants via alluring airborne fragrances and a diverse repertoire of chemical compounds exuded through their roots.

In 2013, Antonio Scialdone and fellow scientists at the United Kingdom’s John Innes Centre who were studying Arabidopsis thaliana found that these small weeds in the mustard family are capable of doing some complex arithmetic to prevent starvation at night. Requiring starch to survive, the plants manufacture it by photosynthesizing sunlight. During the night, they measure the amount of starch left in their leaves, use an internal clock to estimate the amount of time until dawn, then divide their food reserve by the expected time to dawn so they have enough starch to last until the sun rises. They’re incredibly accurate: by the time they resume photosynthesis, about 95 percent of their starch has been consumed

>>12359988
>t.

>>12291043
>t.

>>12280335
>unironically calling people soyboy