Can this Plant /Actually/ See?

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Can this Plant /Actually/ See?

Visit to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30 day free trial. These South American plants can mimic other trees, and it’s possible that they can do this because they can SEE. These Plants Can Shapeshift Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: w ———- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ———- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: / TikTok: Twitter: w Instagram: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ———- Sources: 1 4 / 2 /> 0 2 / t 5 x 0 1 /> / / a 3 6 5 Image Sources: 1 / 5 9 3 3 /> /> /> /> /> /> 0 g /> 0 /> 0 0 9

10 thoughts on “Can this Plant /Actually/ See?”

  1. Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30 day free trial.

  2. Here's a thought, what is the sunlight like in those areas, and could that be one of the reasons?

  3. I am wondering how they ruled out the obvious theory that they do it like cuckoo birds (xref: Dawkins)

  4. Actually there are little wizards inside the plant that change its shape according to the surrounding plants

  5. Can't they just test the DNA of a leaf that changed with one that hadn't? You would expect to see changes in the genes in the one that had changed. Seems like an easy test for this hypothesis.

  6. Why not combine both theories: that these plants may be influenced by both bacteriophages spreading DNA, AND using information from light

  10. "Maybe when you look at that houseplant on your desk, it's looking back at you" is something I never thought I'd hear.

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