World Of Plants Essay Samples

Scientists are traveling the whole World to present some interesting stories about plants. From director Erna Buffie and her documentary “What plants talk about” we can learn so many interesting things, have a chance to look into world of plants with completely new perspective and to be amazed with such world. Documentary is covering few areas, trying to present active life of plants in few well connected sections. There are many similarities between animals and plants that are presented. Revealing how plants act and respond to surrounding and comparing it to animal behavior. Plants are able to search for a food and even choose a tastier food. They can defend themselves or even have a social life. Traveling from one place to another scientist are explaining different abilities of plants, like how they communicate, request insects to defend them and how they can even take care of their young ones. Plants are active, they cooperate among themselves, and they fight wars with other species for territory and food.
It is very interesting to see plants from one different perspective. They are slow and that can be mistaken with passive, but they are much more active than it is visible. Thankfully to modern technologies, cameras that can make time leap we are able to see them move, and interact with environment. Plants behavior is represented with their grow. Seeing seed growing up and roots looking for the food is exciting. Experiments that are conducted and all that results supported with images and videos are really astonishing. Ability of plants to choose food and not only take what is in front of them is something new, presenting that they are not passive but quite active. Example of wild tobacco and its defense mechanisms are so sophisticated that is hard to remarkable. Ability to fight against various predators with different resources and tactic is quite incredible. Wild tobacco is able to send SOS signals and call different helpers, bugs and animals as defenders. Paralyze attackers with nicotine, produce “lollipops” that will make attackers sick or even change type of flowers so that birds are attracted instead of insects are some of tactic.
Some plants have different methods in fighting for their space, like ground wars. Releasing chemicals into the ground and killing other plants roots with it. Other plants are more cooperative and they help and support each other. They are able to recognize family members and other species. They are even able to cooperate with family and not fight for same space, same resources and ground. They are willing to suppress their roots so that both family members can live in same space. Most amazing thing is cooperation presented in forest. Symbiotic life among fungus and plants, exchange of carbon based sugar for nutrients for mutual welfares. Idea that all plants in forest are connected is close to science fiction and yet it is thru. Old threes are nurturing young ones and they are all connected with endless system of roots and fungus.
It is incredible to see this side of plants. Documentary that is showing that plants are intelligent, that they are much more active that we assumed, that they are so connected and mixed up together that is hard to believe. At one side it is a little bit frightening, how much we do not know, and that it is possible to make big mistakes just because we are not aware of all that connectedness. But it is very inspiring to see that everything has some purpose, plants are cooperating, animals, and bugs and all of things that we can imagine are connected. Maybe we do not have all the solutions, and maybe human race is not always doing positive things but we are learning. Trying to use our intelligence to understand and reveal mysteries. We are able to step into different worlds and find out many answers.