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Trees Might Have Their Own Way Of Communicating

Trees might have a unique way of exchanging information, new findings suggest.
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The original social network can't be found on a computer or tablet. Trees might have an unparalleled way of communicating that's just now being understood.

Ecologist Suzanne Simard shared new findings at a TED Talk in 2016, and it rocked the scientific world. It explains how little, tiny fungi connected to trees might transfer information and nutrients from one to another.