![]() ![]() It never fails to surprise onlookers, prompting them to ask the very questions he himself is trying to answer. Paco Calvo at the University of Murcia in Spain has done this trick several times in front of audiences. These effects aren’t confined to Mimosa pudica – all plants are probably susceptible to anaesthesia, it is just that the effects are more dramatic in fast movers like Mimosa plants and Venus flytraps. ![]() What’s more, if you attach electrodes to the surface of the leaves at the same time, you will see that the waves of electrical activity that usually spread through the plant’s tissues are suppressed. Lidocaine, a local anaesthetic favoured by dentists, is also effective when applied at the roots. Diethyl ether, an old-school general anaesthetic, works well. ![]() Fewer know that if you put one into a sealed chamber with a dose of anaesthetic, it will eventually stop doing this, as though it has been knocked out or put to sleep. MANY people have seen the way a Mimosa pudica plant, also called the touch-me-not, folds its leaves when they are touched. ![]()
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