I like this passage from The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, by Zoë Schlanger:

"There is something decidedly queer in all of this—the orchids and aspens and strawberries and antplants and ginkgoes—a sense of sensual entanglement that disregards binaries, runs across the species boundary, and almost gleefully defies heteronormative modes of reproduction. This lens might also help us escape the idea that everything in nature is a battle, with a clear winner. Sometimes it may be an improvisation, or a collaboration, or something else entirely."

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Ahora me vienen a decir que mi abuela tenía razón cuando decía que sus #plantas la escuchaban…

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196774338

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"The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger is published by 4th Estate."

Should plants be given rights? What new botanical breakthroughs could mean | Books | The Guardian

"They can communicate with each other about threats, summon help from predatory killers – and some can even count – but does this mean plants are conscious?"
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/04/should-plants-be-given-rights-what-new-botanical-breakthroughs-could-mean