Jane Goodall Seeds Of Hope Summary
The second chapter of in Jane Goodall Seeds of Hope mixes Jane Goodall personal perspective of plants with the scientific findings. It starts off with Jane describing her love of plants starting from a young age and her fascination of them. The different types of plant structure and function are just as diverse as the different environments the plants survive. One of the most important aspects of a tree surviving is the root system which is what this chapter explains next along with the other important functions for survival. The roots are not as simple as one may think though, as Jane Goodall goes into describing the variety of roots, some grow from the ground, above the ground, and on the tree trunks and house like vines. Roots are adaptive
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Jane describes how the “day of the triffids” captured her attention as a child. The book described plants devouring humans although not occurring at this place and time insects do get devoured by plants. The master plan of plants is to reproduce so there can be more plants one way plants do this is to have fruit in hopes that an animal eats the fruit and then speeds the seed through their poop. Kids spread dandelions very unconsciously by picking them up and blowing the dandelions into the wind Jane Goodall makes a good point about this. In the case that these strategies do not work plants are also able to reproduce sexually and asexually, which helps with the plants master plan to spread their seed. This process can work in a way that is unconstructive as well. If the plant produces too rapidly it can clog water ways and lakes starving oxygen to water killing fish such as the water hyacinth. This adaptation of reproduction is not a defense to the predators. However plants have developed defense mechanisms such as poisons, sharpe needles and violates to protect themselves against predators. The plants can communicate with each other through their chemicals and the fungi in the root system. Plants showed the ability to react and remember in stress induced situations, such as animals with central nervous systems. The chapter ends with Jane Goodall and the loving relationship humans have had with plants throughout some of our time
Jane describes how the “day of the triffids” captured her attention as a child. The book described plants devouring humans although not occurring at this place and time insects do get devoured by plants. The master plan of plants is to reproduce so there can be more plants one way plants do this is to have fruit in hopes that an animal eats the fruit and then speeds the seed through their poop. Kids spread dandelions very unconsciously by picking them up and blowing the dandelions into the wind Jane Goodall makes a good point about this. In the case that these strategies do not work plants are also able to reproduce sexually and asexually, which helps with the plants master plan to spread their seed. This process can work in a way that is unconstructive as well. If the plant produces too rapidly it can clog water ways and lakes starving oxygen to water killing fish such as the water hyacinth. This adaptation of reproduction is not a defense to the predators. However plants have developed defense mechanisms such as poisons, sharpe needles and violates to protect themselves against predators. The plants can communicate with each other through their chemicals and the fungi in the root system. Plants showed the ability to react and remember in stress induced situations, such as animals with central nervous systems. The chapter ends with Jane Goodall and the loving relationship humans have had with plants throughout some of our time