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No brainer behavior

Messages, memory, maybe even intelligence — botanists wrangle over how far plants can go

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

In a somewhat different world, Consuelo M. De Moraes would be revolutionizing vampire fiction.

ACTIVE VEGETATION Plants move. Time-lapse photography reveals the circular sweep of a Lonicera japonica vine during two hours of growth. But an evolving definition of plant behavior doesn’t even require motion.