Can trees think?

Trees make decisions. They can decide things. We can also say that a tree can learn, and it can remember a drought its whole life and act on that memory by being more cautious of its water usage. e360: You've said that there are “friendships” between trees.
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Do trees have thoughts?

Mountains of research have confirmed that plants have intelligence and even beyond that consciousness by many of the same measures as we do. Not only do they feel pain, but plants also perceive and interact with their environment in sophisticated ways.
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Can trees talk and think?

They don't have nervous systems, but they can still feel what's going on, and experience something analogous to pain. When a tree is cut, it sends electrical signals like wounded human tissue.”
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Can trees feel emotions?

According to scientific evidence, trees are way more intelligent than we have ever imagined. Some of the findings of the tree-whisperer Peter Wohlleben are the following: Trees can feel pain, and they have emotions, such as fear. They like to stand close to each other and cuddle.
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Do trees talk to humans?

Today, more groundbreaking research has confirmed that it may even be possible for humans and trees to communicate at some level. The idea is still a bold proposition and certainly requires more study into how trees interact with each other.
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Do Plants Think?



Do trees get lonely?

Plants will definitely experience something like being “lonely” in pots because they miss out on underground connections. The majority of plants form symbioses with fungi underground, via their roots.
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Do trees have souls?

According to the bible only humans have souls, therefore trees do not have souls. Trees and humans relate to each other because we keep each other alive, we help trees . . . [and] they help us with materials and breathing.
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Can trees fall in love?

They love company and like to take things slow,” – these are just a couple of findings by Peter Wohlleben, a German researcher who devoted his work to studying trees. “There is in fact friendship among trees,” says Wohlleben. “They can form bonds like an old couple, where one looks after the other.
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Can trees feel a hug?

There is also fairly robust evidence that plant cells can perceive and respond to pressure waves, like the kind that are generated by sound in the environment and touch — like, say someone walking up to a tree and hugging it.
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Do plants react to human voices?

Here's the good news: plants do respond to the sound of your voice. In a study conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society, research demonstrated that plants did respond to human voices. In this study, there were 10 tomato plants, 8 of which had headphones placed around their pots.
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Do trees cry?

When drought hits, trees can suffer—a process that makes sounds. Now, scientists may have found the key to understanding these cries for help. In the lab, a team of French scientists has captured the ultrasonic noise made by bubbles forming inside water-stressed trees.
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Do trees have memories?

Some people challenge your use of words like “memory.” What evidence do we have that trees are actually “remembering” what happened to them? The memory of past events is stored in the tree rings and in DNA of the seeds.
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Can trees warn each other of danger?

'Mother Tree' Ecologist Suzanne Simard Shares Secrets Of Tree Communication : Shots - Health News Ecologist Suzanne Simard says trees are "social creatures" that communicate with each other in remarkable ways — including warning each other of danger and sharing nutrients at critical times.
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Do plants feel love?

It's something that plant lovers have long suspected, but now Australian scientists have found evidence that plants really can feel when we're touching them.
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How do you talk to a tree?

If you brought an offering for the tree, set it down and thank the tree for allowing you to spend some time with it. Ask if it's okay for you to touch the tree. Get a feeling for the answer, and respond appropriately. In my book If Trees Could Talk, one of the trees said that they like to be touched.
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Can plants feel our thoughts?

Backster concluded that plants had some heretofore undiscovered sense (he called it “primary perception”) that could detect and respond to human thoughts and emotions. When he publicized his findings, the so-called Backster effect became a pop-culture hit.
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Can trees heal you?

Indeed, research shows that trees really do have healing powers. For one thing, they release antimicrobial essential oils, called phytoncides, that protect trees from germs and have a host of health benefits for people.
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Why do I feel a connection to trees?

Many people say they can feel a tree's vibrational energy when placing their hand upon its bark. With their deep roots, trees carry significant grounding energy. We naturally feel peace and serenity when walking in the shade of trees or on a forest trail.
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How many hugs do we need a day?

As author and family therapist Virginia Satir once said, “We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth”.
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Do trees cry when you cut them?

A new report suggests they could 'scream' when being cut. Researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel, have suggested plants stressed by drought or physical damage may emit high-frequency distress noises.
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Can trees have friends?

Some Trees Form Friendships

Wohlleben agrees: In about one in 50 cases, we see these special friendships between trees. Trees distinguish between one individual and another. They do not treat all other trees the same.
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Do trees pee?

Trees also excrete water vapour containing various other waste products during this process. While this is an excretion, you may not consider this akin to pooping and peeing, perhaps more like breathing. After all, humans expel carbon dioxide, water vapour and certain other substances while breathing.
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What are tree spirits called?

A dryad (/ˈdraɪ. æd/; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology. Drys (δρῦς) signifies "oak" in Greek, and dryads were specifically considered the nymphs of oak trees, but the term has come to be used for tree nymphs in general, or human-tree hybrids in fantasy.
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Do trees feel pain?

Do plants feel pain? Short answer: no. Plants have no brain or central nervous system, which means they can't feel anything.
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Do plants have genders?

Some plants are indeed only male or only female.

Ginkgo, kiwi, cannabis, and willow all have individuals that make only pollen or only seeds. Botanically, they are known as dioecious plants, and their strategy ensures genetic outcrossing.
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