# The roots of plant intelligence

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Stefano Mancuso
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelligence)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.

## Lectures

1. [The roots of plant intelligence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelligence/9f4e1ad253b9), 14 min (TED's player)