# @science on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-12-25T22:00:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Science 🧬 (@science) — https://gondola.cc/science

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Although they may seem passive, plants have their own complex sensory systems too, designed to respond to dangers or other changes in their environment.⁠
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Plants may not have eyes, ears, or a tongue, but their skin can perform many of the same functions. Plants are not only aware of when it rains or when it’s windy, but they can respond accordingly.⁠
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Dr. Kim Johnson, a research fellow in the School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, studies the world of plant senses.⁠..⁠
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⁠"Plants are constantly under environmental stress. You can actually see how plants respond to those physical stresses because they change their shape,” Dr. Kim Johnson says.⁠
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“So if a plant is getting constantly hit with strong wind, it will actually change shape to better resist that wind; if roots hit a rock, they’ll grow around it, so they sense things around them.”⁠
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Dr. Johnson’s research could have a significant impact on industries across the world, including agriculture. “Plants grow in a very different way from us, because when we’re born, we already have our body plan locked down, and then everything just grows from there,” she says.⁠
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#plants #senses #sensory #biology #science

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