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GoshAllMighty
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Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us
#11665178 - 12/16/09 09:05 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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And I'm absolutely delighted about it! lol
Evolution is blind so plants do not "care" about us, but I can easily see a symbiotic nature of them "using" us to spread their seeds all over the globe. Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the world, I'm assuming that we move their seeds all over the place. It seems like a very good evolutionary stake to match the biochemistry of the surrounding animals, especially when those animals dominate the entire planet.
Terence McKenna -- Plants of Power(3:51)
"Well its a great mystery why plants would produce and sequester compounds that have no role in their metabolism" -TM "Animals were invented by plants to move seeds around." - TM
Plants have been using bees for centuries, figuring out enough about them to replicate whole wasps! It makes stumbling upon neurotransmitters seems like a breeze.
Richard Dawkins: Bees and Deceitful Plants(1:59)
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Cactusdan
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: GoshAllMighty]
#11670687 - 12/17/09 06:31 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Oh wow!
That bee video is CRAZY!
Thanks for sharing, it's truly amazing how plants have adapted to spread themselves and keep their species thriving.
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karode13
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: GoshAllMighty]
#11671018 - 12/17/09 07:21 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah plants and their ways of procreation are fascinating. I've been in awe of the way orchids do this now for over a decade and am always finding out new things.
A good documentary to watch is called The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World adapted from the book by Michael Pollan.
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GoshAllMighty
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: karode13]
#11671190 - 12/17/09 07:48 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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I am defiantly going to check that out.
Here is a torrent link for anyone else intrested: The Botany of Desire
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Cactusdan
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: GoshAllMighty]
#11671198 - 12/17/09 07:50 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Awesome, thanks for the link.
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PsilocybinMind
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: Cactusdan]
#11671974 - 12/17/09 09:50 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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You can also go the PBS site and watch it there. I loved the botany of desire, good documentary.
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ferrel_human
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i saw it a while back/ its absolutely amazing as to how plants use us.
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nooneman
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: ferrel_human]
#11672625 - 12/17/09 11:52 PM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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You could say the same about cows. There are billions of cows, because we eat them. It's a strange sort of relationship, but it's sure benefited the cow, at least in terms of numbers. Look at dogs and cats, same thing. There are two kinds of animals: those that adapt to human civilization, and those that go extinct.
Still, it is interesting to think that we have for thousands of years dramatically enhanced the survival of psychedelic plants. Particularly Salvia. Of course, this doesn't apply to psychedelic mushrooms, since we've only been able to cultivate them in the last 40 years or so. But certainly, we've already enhanced the survival of cubes.
Edited by nooneman (12/17/09 11:53 PM)
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Artnotwar
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: nooneman]
#11673382 - 12/18/09 05:36 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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I suggest that everyone downloads David Attenborough's "The secret life of plants" It's a series all about plants, and how they have evolved to adapt to their environments. It's really amazing how so many plants have come to rely on a certain animal to continue their existence.
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VisionaryFlicker
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Re: Entheogenic Plants Are Using Us [Re: GoshAllMighty]
#11673399 - 12/18/09 05:48 AM (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
GoshAllMighty said: I am defiantly going to check that out.
Here is a torrent link for anyone else intrested: The Botany of Desire
thanks
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