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Cambridge Ideas - Don't Eat the Plants
Are plants as defenceless as they appear? See the world as plants do, as Professor John Parker, explores how plants - the ‘great chemists of this world’ - have evolved strategies to defend themselves against herbivores.
The latest video from the University of Cambridge shows how plants use hairs, spikes and chemicals to improve their survival and reproduction by reducing the impact of herbivores.
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Cambridge Ideas - Don't Eat the Plants (2011, May 24)
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