When Soloukhin did telephone his friends, he learned that a prominent member of the soviet academy of sciences working on the outskirts of siberias largest industrial centre had made the following statement " Dont be amazed we too are carrying out many experiments of this kind and they all point to one thing - Plants have memory, they are able to gather impressions and retain them over long periods of time. We had a man molest and torture a geranium for several days in a row. He pinched it, tore it, pricked its leaves with a needle, dripped acid on its living tissues, burnt it with a match and cut its roots. Another man took tender care of it, watered it, worked its soil, sprayed it with fresh water, supported its heavy branches and treated its burns and wounds. When we attatched our instruments to the plant, what do you think happened? As soon as the torturer came near the plant, the recording instrument went wild. The plant did not "just" get nervous, it was horrified. If it could it would have either thrown itself out of the window or it would have attacked him. When the attacker left and the friend appeared, the geranium calmed down, its impulses died down and the recorder traced out smooth, one might say tender lines on the graph". "The secret life of plants" Peter Thompkins and Christopher Bird.
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