Forwarded from 𝐆𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐧 𓁼𓂏𓁼
"Each tree tries to earn the best spot in the sun.
But by being too greedy, they would risk prompting the death of their neighbors and thus of the protection network, or even the collapse of the system. In the forest, all trees are connected. That's why "survival of the fittest" only applies when no member of the community is in danger.
[...]
They make up a solid community."
From an arte documentary called The whisper of the forest - When trees talk about how trees communicate and form a real network of informations through fungi, gas they release and through their roots, which makes them more "social" than we thought they were.
(Unfortunately the documentary is only available in French and in German :/ (so the quotation was translated by me, sorry if I made syntactic errors))
But by being too greedy, they would risk prompting the death of their neighbors and thus of the protection network, or even the collapse of the system. In the forest, all trees are connected. That's why "survival of the fittest" only applies when no member of the community is in danger.
[...]
They make up a solid community."
From an arte documentary called The whisper of the forest - When trees talk about how trees communicate and form a real network of informations through fungi, gas they release and through their roots, which makes them more "social" than we thought they were.
(Unfortunately the documentary is only available in French and in German :/ (so the quotation was translated by me, sorry if I made syntactic errors))
Forwarded from 𝐆𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐧 𓁼𓂏𓁼
The documentary in French :
ARTE
Le murmure de la forêt - Quand les arbres parlent - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
On connaît de mieux en mieux "l'intelligence" des arbres et les étonnantes facultés qui leur ont permis, depuis des millénaires, de tisser entre eux un réseau dense de communication. Au coeur de la forêt, amis, ennemis, partenaires d’affaires et parents entretiennent…
and yes im not super "100 posts per minute" this last days, its not your imagination