Can ‘plant blindness’ be cured?

Mongabay
Sep 14, 2016, 7:40 am181 pts
Tigers, elephants and rhinos garner a lot of attention. But plants are often ignored. In fact, scientists even have a term for our tendency to overlook plants — plant blindness. For example, if shown a picture of a lion on a tree, people would be more likely to point out the lion, and ignore the tree. This…

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