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Plants 'Recognize' Their Siblings

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the family-tree dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that according to a recent study, Biologists have found that plants are able to recognize their own relatives. "Researchers at McMaster University have found that plants get fiercely competitive when forced to share their pot with strangers of the same species, but they're accommodating when potted with their siblings. [...] Though they lack cognition and memory, the study shows plants are capable of complex social behaviours such as altruism towards relatives, says Dudley. Like humans, the most interesting behaviours occur beneath the surface."

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  1. This is the most obnoxious pseudo-science ever by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Plants have feelings, huh?

    Fuck off you fucking stupid cocksmoking fucking assholes for even posting this.

    What is a plants sibling? A clone? You mean the same exact genetic material?

    Of course a plant doesnt attack its own root system.

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  2. Re:Related Story...Vegans Starving by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCK all of you.

    -signed a vegan.

    Even if plants do have feelings. You eat LESS of them as a vegan than a cocksucking greedy motherfucking meat eater. 1 lb of meat to 16 pounds of grain...etc etc...

    This war between us will never end because of attitudes like this. I live my life without bugging you little shits. Live your fucking own life. /rant