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Weird or unique hobbies. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Abird1620@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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I've always loved flashlights. Yes FLASHLIGHTS with an A!!! Anyway, apparently not many people share my rather niche interest.

So I ask you, fellow Lemmites, what are your hobbies and weird obsessions that you can ramble on about for hours?

Please feel free to ramble on about your passions here. Maybe you'll find some likeminded individuals!

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[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's your favourite plant?

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right now it’s Boquila trifoliolata, a plant involved in a recent scientific publication that gets some attention for making a very bold claim. Can plants ‘see’?

This study below describes an experiment that seems to suggest they can. Who knows what the real answer will be, but this is science at it’s purest. You can scoff at the author’s conclusions but you cannot ignore their baffling observations.

open access link to article

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I expected something like "yukka" or "rubber plant" not "alien plant with eyes".

Thank you for the article though!

[–] malijaffri@feddit.ch 2 points 1 year ago

After going through the paper, it's not just "alien plant with eyes", but rather "alien mimic plant with eyes"! This plant "sees" other plants around (above?) itself and changes the shape of its own leaves to match those of the other plant.

I wonder if the effect can be chained, and if so, how long the chain could be? I'm imagining an alien mimic plant with eyes mimicking an alien mimic plant with eyes mimicking an alien mimic plant with eyes mimicking the first alien mimic plant with eyes.