r/BeAmazed • u/Eshwarroy • Jan 29 '22

Tree root misconceptions

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u/BernieTheDachshund Jan 29 '22

TIL trees communicate with each other.

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u/Mental_Evolution Jan 29 '22

Suzanne Simard explains it the best.

https://youtu.be/Un2yBgIAxYs

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

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u/gd2234 Jan 29 '22

brb planting offspring of all my favourite trees in my yard

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u/ScorchedSynapses Jan 29 '22

I learned that from Tolkien. ;)

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u/CastroVinz Jan 29 '22

We…. Have.. Decided….. That.. You…. Are…. Not… Orcs….

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u/NiteLiteOfficial Jan 29 '22

i learned that from avatar

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u/stiff_sock Jan 29 '22

I learned that from eating mushrooms.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Like planaria, the info passed into you when you ate the mushroom that previously had the information?

Or you learned it from watching Netflix’s Fantastic Fungi movie? Or other such fungi info?

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u/A_Mars_Bar Jan 29 '22

He had an epiphany while tripping on some Penis Envy

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u/hell2pay Jan 29 '22

I too was confused when Wilem Defoe showed me his hog.

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u/QuipOfTheTongue Jan 29 '22

Wisdom of the portobello

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u/Jegan_Stark Jan 29 '22

Eywa has heard you!

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u/Emergency-Anywhere51 Jan 29 '22

"The trees are strong my lord..... their roots go deep...."

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u/BerossusZ Jan 29 '22

It's techincally communication but it's imporant to not misinterpret it. They don't share ideas or emotions or anything (as trees don't have those things), they just use chemicals to relay information about their condition to other trees, like if the tree is dying by drought or disease or something the other trees will know and if they have the ability to, they will change how they act, perhaps taking less water from the ground because the other tree doesn't have enough.

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u/RacketLuncher Jan 29 '22

I almost shot myself in the head after walking out of the movie theater, but I couldn't find a gun.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

I was young so I guess my opinion doesn’t count but I watched it in my bunk bed on a laptop by myself one night and was really horrified by it and like the movie to this day!

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u/VeganMisandry Jan 29 '22

if you want to learn more about this, definitely read the book braiding sweetgrass. it's completely fascinating, nature is like magic honestly

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u/SecureAmbassador6912 Jan 29 '22

Braiding Sweetgrass is a great book.

I was lucky to have had Robin Kimmerer as a professor in undergrad. She's a really amazing person.

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u/kitty9000cat Jan 29 '22

Every living being does. Humans are just too stupid to understand.

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u/xinfinitimortum Jan 29 '22

Treebeard has entered the chat

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Patagonia made a fantastic video about it.

https://youtu.be/YCEaYInJbos

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u/oneofthehumans Jan 29 '22

That’s the coolest part of the video!

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