This checks out you guys because ferns have no eye sockets
Ferns
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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buttfarts@lemy.lol 5 months ago
Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 5 months ago
they also don’t see in color
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Is there more to this than “plants don’t see things”?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ferns are EXTRA blind because they’re so old.
Mr_Wobble@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t believe so. This is borderline brainrot content.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m pretty sure ferns have external sensory data. For one, they know which direction the sunlight is strongest. For two, they know when they’re being attacked by bugs and can release chemicals that warn the other ferns to start producing defenses. Plants are much more aware than we generally give them credit for.
Aux@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Plants feel a lot. I’ve worked with a European start up for a short while, they’re making plant well being sensors for farmers. These sensors detect internal signals plants produce. Plants are capable of discerning animal touch from the wind, temperature changes, damage caused by insects, etc. They can feel everything, but can’t react much.
Things get even more complex in the forests, where trees exchange resources with each other through underground fungi networks. Trees in the forest not only react to the environment, but also talk to each other and help each other. That’s why replanting forests is very hard and takes a lot of time - creating this underground network is essential, but it’s a very slow process.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I was blown away when I learned about their underground communication network. The earth is so much more full of awareness than I was taught as a kid, and we’re just starting to scratch the surface of the sentence of all these life forms on our planet.
perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 months ago
We don’t actually know what the fern senses.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 months ago
perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Wow, interesting! TIL.
In addition, plants accurately compute their circumstances, use sophisticated cost–benefit analysis, and take tightly controlled actions to mitigate and control diverse environmental stressors.
Whoa, so, they’re better at planning than I am. ;p
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 months ago
Between Two Ferns.
Who… Bastank.
TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
If you look closely e ought you can see Zach Galifinakis hiding behind the fern!