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They should develop smart plants with a distributed root system, an overabundance of shoots, a preference for seeking mines, and a high threshold for shoot pain

• octodog 4y ago
  What happens when the smart plants with a high tolerance for pain start taking over?
  • haydenchambers 4y ago
• rmason 4y ago
  Smart plants that turn red when their roots reach explosives have been around for close to twenty years. Why have they not succeeded? Near as I can tell the Danish company that launched them experienced huge pushback because they were GMO's and this was the height of anti-GMO hysteria in Europe. The charities that would fund distribution wanted nothing to do with GMO plants - even if they saved lives. I found one study that said the rats were more cost effective. The seeds had to be flown over the field and a great number of them refused to germinate. Years later grass started being seeded with a moist paper mulch that contained a small amount of fertilizer. Would it work with these seeds? Far as I can tell the Danish company abandoned development of the product. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plants_that_change_color_and_mark_buried_explosives.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plants_that_change_c...
  • Nitrolo 4y ago
    That is incredible. In the literal sense of the word, I thought you were joking until I was halfway through your post. Do you have any more links? I'd love to learn more.
• lukas099 4y ago
  Any reason we wouldn't expect these to become invasive?