Root networks in the soil and brain send warning signals to different parts of the body and to neighbouring bodies when they encounter a problem. They regulate chemical messages and electrical impulses, and we curiously reach out to find soft fresh soil to expand our minds and learn new things. We know now that trees do learn, they store information and remember past events so that they can adapt to different situations. They also count the days and hours after the air warms so that they know when to start photosynthesising again. We communicate with one another through roots, in the vegetal world these roots are in the soil, sometimes exposed, and tentatively explore through touch whilst humans neural networks are hidden and we share thought and feeling through senses that we are often unaware of. Research has shown many similarities between networks in the brain and tree root systems. The boundaries between animal and vegetal worlds becomes more blurred as we learn more and seek to learn more about our ecosystem.
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