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Trees Have Feelings, Make Friends And Look After Each Other Like An Old Couple, Study Finds
“They can feel pain, [and] have emotions, such as fear. Trees like to stand close together and cuddle. They love company and like to take things slow,” – these are just a couple of findings by Peter Wohlleben, a German researcher who devoted his work to studying trees.
“There is in fact friendship among trees,” says Wohlleben. “They can form bonds like an old couple, where one looks after the other. Trees have feelings.”
The new documentary, called ‘Intelligent Trees’, is the work of German forester, author, and tree whisperer Peter Wohlleben, and Suzanne Simard, an ecologist from the University of British Columbia. Watch the trailer below to get a glimpse into it.
(h/t: treehugger)
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“They can form bonds like an old couple, where one looks after the other. Trees have feelings”
Image credits: Chaiyun Damkaew
“Trees like to stand close together and cuddle. They love company. They can feel pain, [and] have emotions, such as fear”
Image credits: TOMÁŠ MORKES
See for yourself in the trailer below:
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Arty 8 years ago
it's of course anthropomorphism (no nervous system, no brain,...) but they can feel if they are "attacked"...and their chemical changes. Some species produce metabolites influencing then other trees close to them. We can interpret this as intelligence but it's really nothing more than a chemical reaction. Then again...what is human brain and emotion if not chemical reaction?
Hans 8 years ago
Absolutely...I think a sobber debate is quite helpful with such topics. Even though, I think, some fascination for abilities of living creatures should be allowed.
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Evisa Isabella Rose 8 years ago
Really interesting..! Maybe all the living things have a ''soul'' in this world...
Hans 8 years ago
At least we can say that we humans keep on underestimating other creatures ever, and ever again. And we stick to being anthropocentric, as many comments already illustrate. If you consider a tree an immobile, wooden, silent human, all of this _of course_ does not make sense. If you consider a tree a, well, tree, it does pretty much. Just a tree that is far more capable than meets the eye.
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Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
I knew it! :) And I am pretty sure that all plants are like that. Not just trees.
Arty 8 years ago
it's of course anthropomorphism (no nervous system, no brain,...) but they can feel if they are "attacked"...and their chemical changes. Some species produce metabolites influencing then other trees close to them. We can interpret this as intelligence but it's really nothing more than a chemical reaction. Then again...what is human brain and emotion if not chemical reaction?
Hans 8 years ago
Absolutely...I think a sobber debate is quite helpful with such topics. Even though, I think, some fascination for abilities of living creatures should be allowed.
Load More Replies... Evisa Isabella Rose 8 years ago
Really interesting..! Maybe all the living things have a ''soul'' in this world...
Hans 8 years ago
At least we can say that we humans keep on underestimating other creatures ever, and ever again. And we stick to being anthropocentric, as many comments already illustrate. If you consider a tree an immobile, wooden, silent human, all of this _of course_ does not make sense. If you consider a tree a, well, tree, it does pretty much. Just a tree that is far more capable than meets the eye.
Load More Replies... Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
I knew it! :) And I am pretty sure that all plants are like that. Not just trees.
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