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Venus fly traps, could the be considered "intelligent"...?
First of all, the carnivorous plant species amazes me. But do you think the venus in particular could be considered intelligent because of it's ability to know when to close around something and when not to? The hairs have to be touched at least twice by something to rule out it being something non living in it's "jaws." I think that this could make it more like a sea anemone, which might also be able to be considered more animal than plant, to me anyway. So, do you think this plant instinct could be intelligence, or just what plants "do"?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) evolved the double-touch mechanism to prevent false positives and wasted energy. While it's easy to anthropomorphize carnivorous plants (I called the ones in my terrarium "the boys"!) they aren't really thinking. It will respond the same way each time.
They are one of the few plants capable of such fast movement though and they're pretty amazing things.
Source(s): I'm a horticulturalist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Flytrap#Mechani... - GrillparzerLv 71 decade ago
I don't believe it is any more a sign of intelligence then flowers emitting smell to attract insects for pollination. It isn't the only plant capable of movement, another example is the mimosa plant which has always fascinated me.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
isn't there the popular portray of venus rising out of a clam shell ....it extremely is the same structrue to that of the venus flytrap..perhaps the fly contained in the seize known like venus contained in the clam shell!
