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Do trees/plants have brains?

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Plants have a long and unexpected evolutionary lineage. Land plants evolved 450 million years ago, but sharks are older than trees; flowers didn't appear until the Cretaceous Period, and grass only starting sprouting 40 million years ago. read more

How plants sense and react is still somewhat unknown. They don't have nerve cells like humans, but they do have a system for sending electrical signals and even produce neurotransmitters, like dopamine, serotonin and other chemicals the human brain uses to send signals. read more

Plants do not have "brains," neither do animals (this includes humans). When we put a word in quotes we are referring to the word "brains" not the actual organ. Cut open any animal or plant and you won't find a word growing anywhere. Using quotes is wildly abused today, for many reasons. read more

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