Plants don't have actual nerve cells, but they have electro-chemical signals transmitted by "nerve" cells. So basically, they can do what animals do, even though they don't have a true nervous system. Also, no, I'm not trying to troll.
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Edited by Pendulate: 10/7/2014 2:36:15 AMCitation needed. Also, this does not make them remotely comparable to animals -- or humans -- as far as ethical implications are concerned. And it certainly doesn't imply they feel pain. How you came to this conclusion I have no idea.
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Edited by Blonic : 10/7/2014 2:54:17 AMMaybe not so much feel pain, as I was wrong in saying that, but they can tell when they are being eaten/"under attack" and do respond defensively. [url=http://gizmodo.com/nice-try-vegans-plants-can-actually-hear-themselves-b-1599749162]Here is what I think to be a better article since it goes over the actual experiment.[/url]
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Your choice of words is rather bamboozling. An organism's biological reaction does not imply the organism itself can "tell" anything. You are implying a form of awareness similar to consciousness in humans and animals. And as I said, this does not entail any of the ethical imperatives we have toward animals be extended to plants.