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What would a discussion he without citations. Quote from below "plants are just very slow animals" "plants can see hear and respond" http://www.bbc.com/earth/

• balfirevic 9y ago
  Of course plants exchange signals with their environment. And of course they are alive. Of course they behave with purpose (they do things which further their cause of reproducing, as is expected of evolved organisms). This doesn't imply at all that they are sentient or have feelings, which is what we care about (or should, in any case) when we discuss harming or protecting other living things. Of course, there are other considerations such as ecological, but that's not what we're discussing here.