ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.message-squaremessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1274arrow-down1message-squareI wonder if there exists people who aggressively believe mushrooms are plants, similar to people who defend Pluto as a planet.ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square114fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoActual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoFungi are a nervous system.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoWe actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
minus-squareAlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoDepends on what you include in that classification
Actual animals are far more likely to feel pain that fungi. Do fungi even have a nervous system?
Fungi are a nervous system.
We actually suspect they do. They can also display intelligent behavior, from a certain definition of the concept.
Depends on what you include in that classification