HOW PLANTS EXPRESS DISABILITY AND LAMENESS!

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18 Oct 2017

How Plants Express Disability and Lameness! ( Part1).                                          Plants express disability and lameness in a variety of ways. Naturally however, plants are observed to be structurally endowed with stem, roots, branches, leaves, spikes or thorns and thistles, climbing features, and a host of others. These features enable the plants to obey the laws bounding the earth, such as the main driving force of gravity. When such law of gravity is obeyed, its corporate existence is guaranteed. And so, it can then grow,reproduce, feed itself and a host of others, including plants of its type: large, big, micro, and even microscopic, such as microorganisms. Humans and animals of all forms are not excluded. Besides feeding, plants render or provide other endless services that guarantee renewability and sustainability of life generally. 

 When humans or animals express disability or lameness major balancing structures such as limbs., sensible features such as sight, hearing, speech and learning disability, may be obvious. The resultant effects of these disabilities sets back the performance of the holder or the affected in terms of displacement or locomotion that every motile animal enjoy. However, when the disability is something other than limbs, say hearing loss, blindness, or even speech loss and dementia (i.e, retarded mental function), then the story has endless perspectives, which may include security issues, social impacts and much more if humans. If it is animals, then some meat eaters may consider it as the blessing from God. If however, the disability is found among plants, the story is different, but take note, your corporate existence may be involved.... to be continued..  

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 HOW PLANTS EXPRESS DISABILITY AND LAMENESS. (Part2). 

 From the foregoing, it is possible to say that a plant is not disable or lame when it has all the features required to solidify itself in the soil and thereby feed itself and other living things.And for the purpose for which plants exist, the plant rejoices for the contribution it makes to support life. That is why when a gentle breeze rushes over them they wag their hands or leaves with a humming pronouncement saying: "we are glad to be part of life"! However, that plants are complete and not disable or lame does not mean they never face the challenge of survival.They are threatened in many ways that risk their continued existence including storms and hurricane, wild fires and drought.When threatened by storm,they flex their branches and leaves but with a yielding flexibility to obey so that it and its branches can remain alive and compact. When faced with drought, they may adapt by conserving available water and transpiring fewer water volume. Nonetheless, in which ever way it is threatened,it does not easily give out its last breath as humans do. it does posses several adaptability to keep alive.

 Disability and lameness in plants majorly affects loss of trunk or stem. When stem or trunk is lost in a plant, its solidity to the soil is partial and so a lowered confidence to face the threats to survival.This type of disability or lameness,affects green plants to the extent that the plant present with only leaves and roots. Due to the loss of stem, projecting themselves higher above the ground poses serious challenges to their existence so they get convinced that by attaching themselves to a rather solidified plant will guarantee their continuous existence.This expressed fear due to loss of stem or trunk, and the consequential adaptation to continuous existence is what is described in Biology as PARASITISM. In parasitism,the threatened plant throws all its weight and survival on another plant..to be continued..

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HOW PLANTS EXPRESS DISABILITY AND LAMENESS. (Part 3) 

 It is not an overstatement to say that when green plants solidify themselves in the soil and are able to feed themselves and others, that plant is neither disable nor lame.But what is observed in the complex pattern displayed in BIODIVERSITY shows that not all green plants are capable of anchoring themselves to the soil and yet still able to feed themselves and others. However, the mere fact that some plant species lack the ability to anchor themselves to the soil, is an obvious deficiency. It means that that plant continuous existence depends on wherever it finds itself hanging or being hosted. Moreover, for many green plants hanging on other plants or other objects is a direct expression of the mode of feeding or the way and manner the plants derive their own food,water and other nourishment. That is why it is obvious to observe such green plants hanging on other plants or other objects, with either only their roots because stem is lost completely. In some cases, the plant may posses stem but the stem is attached to their host, and the roots may be suspended in air. The supposedly plant therefore owes it life from the host plant both in structural or position support and source of food, water and other nutrients.But when a plant that is attached to another plant but its roots are suspended on the air it means that such plant has peculiar need for air and moisture. Now, how do we understand this pattern of association? Either a green plant is attached to other plants or other objects so as to derive the structural support it needs to withstand the force of gravity and by so doing it is positioned to derive maximum sunlight or solar energy to feed itself and others. So also, derive its needed food to continue life. A fact that can never be forgotten! When plants express such fears of their incapability or otherwise disability or even lameness, it is a genuine concern and they mean well to struggle for their continuous existence. It is also a trust to depend on a neighbor, even though not being of the same family. And that a neighbor can lend a helping hand at such times of need even though the parasitic relationship may be for life, it simply tell of NATURES' GENEROSITY, overruling the general belief that it is the survival of the fittest.NATURE has a place for even the incapable, just express your fear and there will come a helping hand. The generosity of NATURE FAULTS HUMAN GREED. Next...EXTREME CASES OF PARASITISM.. To be continued..

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13 Oct 2017

A COMMUNITY OF PLANTS-ALL ALONE. WHAT SHOULD BE THERE? HOSTILE OR HOSPITABLE? When a plant species occupies a niche or measurable location,it may be a concept of a care taker or farmer. It thus speak about the mind of the care taker. But some other times a plant species may occupy a niche without the involvement of a care taker. It could be soil characteristics predisposing that plant species to predominate the entire niche. It could also be a wish or what I may describe as the ''mind" of the plant. Such plants may be endowed with chemicals or features that scare away other plants, and according to their"mind", they would want to live alone may be because they are expecting a larger adhering family. Yet some while fail to make friends with other plants of other species, rather make friends with insects and ants which symbiotically provides security for the plant against human and other animals intruders. In this example, who can tell what that precious thing the plant is protecting? These observations explains biodiversity, but who has given plants "mind"? Or is it that we know less than what is actually available?