Do Plants Have Feelings?

Note Page
The first genre I used in this book is the regular writing
format, which is the genre of introduction, because I think it
is easier for the audience to know what I want to tell them.
The second genre I use drawings because I want to make the
audience feel relaxed when they are reading this book. I want
them to know that plants do have feelings. This is not a
serious topic, so I drew some cute drawings for readers to let
them feel comfortable to read this book. The third genre I
used is pictures. The pictures show the real plants in the real
world. However, plants in the real world do not have
expressions. Therefore, I wrote some sentences behind these
plants to show the feeling that plants may have during that
situation. The forth genre is the diary. The diary shows plants
feelings based on researches. I want to use the diary to
emphasize readers that plants can sense, listen and sight. The
poem of plants is the final genre that I used in this book
because I want to make the audience do not neglect that plants
do have feelings.

[Content]
Do Plants Have Feelings?...1
Plants Know It Is Bitten.........3
Plants can Learn.....4
Plants can Feel the Gravity and Light..7
Plants can Listen to Music....10
Plants can Feel the Obstacles......12
Respect Them, They Live Longer Than You..13
Dairy of Plants..15
Poetry of Plants.29
Reference...31

Do plants have feeling?

How are you? This is a common question that people ask
everyday and everywhere. People use this question to
understand what other people think. People can listen to what
other people say and express to know what do they feel, then
give the right responses. Psychology is the study of human
behavior and mental processes. But how about plants? People
usually talk about the behaviors of human and animals, but not
really care about the plants. Plants are used to be thought that
they cant move, and they cant respond. Is that true? Do plants
really cannot feel anything or memorize nothing? Lets read a
diary which is written by the plant.

Plants Know It Is Bitten

In early 19 century, there is a scientist, named Sir Jagandis

Plants can learn, sense, memorize, and even respond back

Chander Bose, found that plants have electric responses when

in their own ways which human may not recognize.

they are bitten by caterpillars. Some of the plants will release

some chemical materials to defense the biting by insects.

Plants can Learn

In Australia, there is an animal biologist found that the

After 5 or 6 times, the mimosa adapts being dropped. The

mimosa has long term memory. She set up a device which

mimosa did not collapse. This is an amazing discovery because

drops the mimosa without touching. The mimosa got shocked,

it shows that the mimosa has the ability to learn and

then collapsed.

memorized something.

Plants can Feel the Gravity and Light

Learning is a procedure of getting knowledge, technique,

Plants can sense the gravity. Some plants grow toward the sky.

attitude or values by teaching or experiencing. The mimosa

If you rotate them 90 degrees to the right, they will grow up

learns to adjust the change of the environment

perpendicular to the ground. Some plants grow toward the sun.

For example, the helianthus, which is called sunflower in

common. You can see them face the east side in the morning,
and face west side in the evening. They can even react the
different wavelength of light.
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Plants can Listen to Music

There are many researches show that plants respond to

different music. In 1973, Dorothy Retallack conducted an
experience to test the reaction of plants. One batch of plant,
she gave them listen to soothing music. Another batch of plant,

Other plants which listen to rock music have smaller leaves.

she gave them listen to rock music. After 2 weeks, two batches

This examination shows that plants can feel the sound in the

present different situations. The plants which listen to soothing

air even though they do not have ears.

music are healthy and began to grow toward the radio.

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Plants can Feel the Obstacles

Plants can feel the object surrounds them. They can sense

Respect Them, They Live Longer Than You

These examples prove that plants do have feelings. They feel

the repellent and shift the direction to avoid touching the

everything surrounding them. From the beginning of the world,

obstacle. For example, when a tree finds there is an obstacle in

plants have longer history than human beings. They can feel or

front of it. It will detour its root to bypass the barriers. Vines

sense something even they do not have brains or nerves.

can sense the wall or rod nearby, and grow toward it until it

Therefore, we should respect them and believe that everything

climbs on the wall or rod.

has a soul. Human are not the only master of the earth.

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Diary of Plants

Day 1:
I was planted by a little boy.
His name is Andrew. He said growing up quickly to me.
I drink some water that he gave me.
Its dark here.
Time to sleep. Good night!
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Day 5:

Day 8:

My body is getting longer day by day. I feel Im growing

There are two little sprouts come out from my body. Its 65

up. Now, I see the sun. It is warm outside.

degrees here, I love this temperature.

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Day 10:
Today, Andrew came to see me. He stood in the blooming

Day 15:

yard and looked forward to see my blooming. He gave me

I outgrow some leaves today.

some water before leaving.

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Day 16:
I can feel the sunlight.

Day 20:

I love the weather and humidity today.

Today is a windy day.

I can feel the whole bunch energy comes out of my body.

I hope I wont be blown away.

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Day 22:
Day 21:

Theres a bug biting my leaf!

Its raining now! I love water! But, no! Not so much water,

Hey! Dont bite me!

please! My root

Go away! Its hurt!

sinks in the water help Flooding here

I think I should make some chemical materials to get rid

of this bug.

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Day 23:
Andrew found the bug was eating me, so he drove it away.

Day 25:

Thanks a lot!

I have a new bud on my head. Its orange! Hey, I think I

Im safe now! By the way, I hate bugs

love this color.

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Day 27:
I hear the music come from the house.

Day 30:

It sounds really good!

Andrew and I stand beneath the sun. We look at each

Its Nocturne from Chopin.

other. He seems very

I love classical music.

happy to see my flowering.

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Poem of Plants
It turns dark here, how about there?
Its a little cold here, how about there?
Here, everything has changed
I bloom something from my head
And I wrote something down
And wish youre here
It is almost morning, how about there?
The weather is hot, how about there?
Here, I find out something
I collect all your tears
And bury our memories into the soil
And how about you?

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Reference
[1] Bose, Jagadis Chander. The Nervous Mechanism of Plants.
London, NY: Longmans Green, 1926. Print.
[2] Bose, Jagadis Chunder. Plant Response: As a Means of
Physiological Investigation. New York: Longmans, Green,
1906. Print.
[3] Retallack, Dorothy L. The Sound of Music and Plants.
Santa Monica, CA: DeVorss, 1973.

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