I saw a question on social media today. A parent said their six year old had asked: ‘Why don’t plants have brains?’ What an excellent question. As always, it’s the simple ones that get us thinking and I thought it would make a good topic for a blog post. Especially as it’s more easily answered in the context of how ecosystems work and Earth’s energy systems. It is also one of those topics that places animals right at the centre of humanity’s future – it explains why we can’t do without them.

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