The roots of plant intelligence

Name: The roots of plant intelligence
Uploaded: 2010-10-11T08:55:00Z
Duration: 13 min 33 s
Description: Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.

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TEDGlobal 2010

• July 2010

Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.