1. Could plants have cognitive abilities?
Michael Gross 
Current Biology 
Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages R181-R184 (March 2016)
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2. Tobacco consumer: The caterpillar of the moth Manduca sexta is remarkably resistant to nicotine. If under attack from this species, the tobacco plant appears to know this and refrains from increasing its nicotine production. (Image: British Entomology Volume 5, John Curtis.)
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3. Wooded web: The root space of plants is a highly complex and insufficiently understood system described as the rhizosphere. It enables communication both among plants and between plants and other species. (Photo: Nerys Hamutal Groß,
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4. Roots connection: Microscopy image from a study into the cellular mechanism of the symbiosis between plant roots and Glomus versiforme mycorrhizae. (Photo: reproduced from Curr. Biol. (2015) 25, 2189–2195.)
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5. Five strokes: The Venus flytrap appears to count how many times its sensory hairs inside the trap have been touched. Only after five mechanical signals does the digestion of the prey set in. (Photo: © Laura Dottori.)
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