Plants are stationary beings that stay in one place for ages. Some consider them witnesses of the events that happened in a certain place. Sometimes, divinity is even attributed to them, and people worship them. Can trees see as we do?
Some plants such as the sunflower respond to the presence of sunlight and move in that direction. The sensitive, touch-me-not plant quickly folds its leaves when someone touches it. All these facts give us the impression that plants do have the faculty of touch. However, since they lack brains, we cannot conclusively say that they can see, hear or feel pain.
Plants, however, have the ability to respond to external stimuli as is evident from the examples of the sunflower and mimosa plants. Scientists, on the other hand, think that trees lack faculties such as hearing, smell, seeing and feeling the way we have them.
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