Ever wonder how plants protect themselves, or even if they can protect themselves from these crazy creatures that surround them?
This article investigates this amazing plant that is actually able to protect itself from predators! It's no surprise, plants have no eyes, no ears, no mouth and no hands. They don't even have muscles. They are just stuck where they started, sucking up nutrients that comes their way. Yet, somehow this mustard plant finds it possible to fear off the predators using light. In the video example, a caterpillar is making its way up the plant when all of a sudden, a wave of calcium flows through its leaves. Through all the research, they used a glowing green protein to trace calcium and accompanying chemical and electrical messages in the plant. They watched beneath a microscope as warnings transited through the leafy green appendages, revealing the plants aren't as passive as they seem.
