It determined that plants can, indeed, make memories, and can display their memory recall though learned response. Better yet, they were able to learn quickly – in as little as one day. Lack of nervous system aside, the mimosa pudica, or “sensitive plant,” started displaying learned responses in as little as one day.

Key to this intelligence is the ability to perceive the world around us, which we do through our five senses – touch, sight, smell, taste, and hearing. Plants use their own versions of these same senses to perceive and react to their environment.

Plants can do some amazing things. But how do they respond to their environment with no brain? More info in the VIDEO

Some plants use listening skills to find water, while others can "taste" when an insect like a caterpillar is eating its leaves and send out repellent chemicals to warn them not to, according to Smithsonian Magazine. Although researchers interested in pursuing this field had to get over the initial challenges of skepticism resulting from outlandish claims that people could "speak" to plants using words like "Oryngham," which means thank you in plant, more and more research shows plants communicate with each other in many different ways.

The Wood Wide Web is a term used to describe the underground network of fungi that connect the roots of trees and other plants in a forest ecosystem. This network of fungi, known as mycorrhiza, is important for the exchange of nutrients and other substances between plants

Nonhuman animals are constantly proving themselves to be capable of thought, empathy and intelligence in ways we never expected. Our increasing understanding of the minds of animals continues to fascinate. What’s becoming more and more obvious is that there aren’t just a few highly intelligent animals, but rather a vast number, all of whom demonstrate their intelligence in unique ways.

The Ability to Acquire and Apply Knowledge and Skills.

As of 2022, 2.16 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 36,000 are fishes, around 11,700 are reptiles, over 11,100 are birds, and 6,596 mammals—but it has been estimated there are around 7.77 million animal species in total.

I declare this world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists. The sky, the mountains, the trees, the animals, give us a delight in and for themselves.

Life is defined as any system capable of performing functions such as eating, metabolizing, excreting, breathing, moving, growing, reproducing, and responding to external stimuli, the period between birth and death, or the experience or state of being alive.

Nature can help decrease your anxiety levels and can help lessen stress and feelings of anger. Exercise can also help this, but it's even better when you're outside. Regular access to green spaces has been linked to lower risks of depression and improved concentration and attention