compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agoWikipedia rabbit holes? Never heard of them, why?slrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1571arrow-down14
arrow-up1567arrow-down1external-linkWikipedia rabbit holes? Never heard of them, why?slrpnk.netcompostgoblin@slrpnk.net to ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squaremarble@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·2 months agoTf are the other trees going to do with this information? Run away?
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up41·2 months agoIn response some plants can do things like release toxins or foul tasting chemicals to kill/deter predators
minus-squaremarble@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoThat’s pretty cool, thanks. If you need me I’ll be reading about this on Wikipedia now…
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 months agoI just did some quick reading and i found a really cool one! One defense mechanism response is that the plant can release chemicals that attracts the predators of the insect that’s eating the plant! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3493419/
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI once knew a marble… sadly they’re lost to us now. They were last seen on the Wikipedia page for bill hooks three months ago. We mourn the loss of their loved ones.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoThis tree looks to increase the toxicity of its leaves to deter giraffe.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThey can send a chemical that will make their leaves taste bad.
Tf are the other trees going to do with this information? Run away?
In response some plants can do things like release toxins or foul tasting chemicals to kill/deter predators
That’s pretty cool, thanks. If you need me I’ll be reading about this on Wikipedia now…
I just did some quick reading and i found a really cool one! One defense mechanism response is that the plant can release chemicals that attracts the predators of the insect that’s eating the plant!
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3493419/
I once knew a marble… sadly they’re lost to us now. They were last seen on the Wikipedia page for bill hooks three months ago.
We mourn the loss of their loved ones.
This tree looks to increase the toxicity of its leaves to deter giraffe.
They can send a chemical that will make their leaves taste bad.