Proved: house plants feel pain

Scientists are convinced that even a simple herb "whimpering" as a child, when her shorn.

The fact that the flora is complex and perfect body, even thought the ancient Greek scholars. In our time, it caused a huge resonance experiments of Dr. Cleve Baxter, who studied the response of plants to external stimuli with the help of a lie detector. During the experiment, the detector is through the roof when "mean" one flower thrown into boiling water shrimp or "scoffed" at another plant - cutting short leaves, sprinkled with chemistry. Organizers of the experiment concluded that houseplants   They have the ability to be compassionate. It was also found that in the absence of favorite home houseplants   can be sad. In particular, when the owner of ficus announced his decision to give up a long business trip, lie detector, coupled with the plant, issued "an arc of enthusiasm", which appears on the instrument if the subjects are experiencing emotional lift.

Baxter studies inspired a whole squad of specialists, have enriched science very curious discoveries .  It was found that the mechanical stimulation of plant leaves in its electrical phenomena occur, exactly the same as under the influence of neuromuscular tissue of animals .  German scientists have noticed that the damaged foliage highlights of his long ethylene gas, and it is directly proportional to the amount of force "injuries" - the shamelessly tore the leaves, the more he stood .  According to the researchers this gas is the "voice" of the plant, so that "shout" from the pain, as well as people .  By measuring the corresponding amounts of ethylene, which is produced by "offended" by plants, the scientists were convinced that even the banal grass whimpering like a child when it sheared .  In another experiment, from orchid petal torn, and she "cried" and should pull it tightly clenched fingers - and unfortunate orchid literally "screaming" in pain .

Once academician of the University of Edinburgh Tony Truevas, who said that plants have the embryo of reason, has been severely criticized by colleagues. Modern scholars are almost ready to agree with him.

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