When having one of my bad days I think of that quote. It’s was a random statement in a comicbook of all things. If you check my post history I would be considered a doomer about the climate only but I’m trying to not be.

  • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
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    10 hours ago

    trees aren’t sentient, they don’t know what fire is, trees are stationary, the trees don’t have a choice

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      9 hours ago

      Not necessarily, it depends whether those trees are connected to the same fungal network. The fungal network can alert the trees signaling them to pull nutrients back into the roots, or whatever other fire measures the plant might have.