2009年11月6日星期五

On Communication

The world we are living in is amazing. There are countless living things. How can they live harmoniously? The answer is communication.
  Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be in words.Inflatable Tunnel outdoor house We can talk to each other by a smile, a frown, a shrug of our shoulders, and a gesture with our hands. Shaking hands is a very common gesture, which is performed both on initial greeting and departure. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain pattern that tell other bees where to find nectar of honey.
  Can plants talks? Yes---but not in words. We have reasons to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researcher learned some surprising things. First, a willowtree attacked in the woods by caterpillars changes the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so awful that the caterpillars go disgusted and stopped eating them. Then, ever more astonishing, the tree sent out special vapors---an alarm signal stimulating its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty)

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