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smallcat88

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2. All life

Reply to peoli (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 07:04 PM

Jun 2014

is indissolubly bound together. - Lwaxana Troi, Star Trek:NG

That struck me as a universal truth when I first heard it more than 25 years ago. And yet, humans, supposedly the only intelligent life on the planet, seem more ignorant of that fact than the plant and animal life.

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Trees Communicate [View all] peoli Jun 2014 OP

Yes, I've seen this. elleng Jun 2014 #1

All life smallcat88 Jun 2014 #2

Especially when anthropomorphized. immoderate Jun 2014 #3

the forests around here with the big trees are very old because it takes forever to roguevalley Jun 2014 #4