I think my snake loves me

[Noek]

she even has wagged her tail a couple of times when I pet her

What's next? Roll over?

[KiwisHeaven]

What kind of boa is that?

Um... maybe you should read the thread I started on bathing/showering with your snake?

You're kidding about the tail wagging, right? Do you mean the "cat-like," oooo that feels good wave that goes down the body?

Well some of us do keep out snakes as pets...and some of us are a little more open minded then others...
for example...did you see the mythbusters where they tried to find out if plants knew the moods of people?
If not then I think you should find it and watch it...maybe it will open your eyes a little!

[littleindiangirl]

When does open-minded cross over into gullibility?

[Spaniard]

Well some of us do keep out snakes as pets...and some of us are a little more open minded then others...
for example...did you see the mythbusters where they tried to find out if plants knew the moods of people?
If not then I think you should find it and watch it...maybe it will open your eyes a little!

If you're talking about the polygraph testing they did with plants I'm pretty sure the proved it a myth, no?

[KiwisHeaven]

If you're talking about the polygraph testing they did with plants I'm pretty sure the proved it a myth, no?

Actually I watched it the other night...It wasn't a myth

[littleindiangirl]

Uhuh... so plants recognise our moods now. Could that be attributed to carbon dioxide levels? Or what? interesting... Now the vegans have nothing to eat!

[littleindiangirl]

Perhaps this should shed some light.

http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/15726/
http://skepdic.com/plants.html

[KiwisHeaven]

Perhaps this should shed some light.

http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/15726/
http://skepdic.com/plants.html

if you ever to a communications or essay writing class, you would know that these are not good links to use for information....

[littleindiangirl]

Thanks, I have taken a few writing classes, and while it focused more on writing, I can't say they ever steered us away from "unreputable" sites. I can do more research if you'd like, but that's just what google brought me first. The general consensus of googles hits was that this was debunked many times. Not only for a poor testing practice, but because science does not label plants as having the 5 senses.

I won't just throw all that knowledge away from the collective facts of science just because this guy thought his plants were happy and sad, or understood threats of violence towards them. Sounds all very supernatural. I even found those links from a supernatural discussion forum. Even they were having a hard time believing it. They were discussing whether or not the carbon dioxide levels were different from talking to your plants, and that vibrations from your sound waves stimulated the plants more than your thoughts or moods. But that was just a non-scientific, supernatural forum.

They are with me though on one thing, what are the vegetarians supposed to eat now??

[Spaniard]

Must have been a different show you were watching because I just checked the Mythbuster website and found this...

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode61

"
Polygraph tests indicate that all living things share some form of interconnected consciousness.

busted

Tests were done by connecting plants to a polygraph’s galvanometer, and then employing actual and imagined harm upon the plants or upon others in the plant’s vicinity. The galvanometer showed some spurious readings (showing some kind of reaction about 1/3rd of the time), so a much more accurate EEG machine was used. When Grant and Tory used a machine that dropped eggs randomly into boiling water, the plant had no reaction. Additionally, Tory’s leukocytes had no reaction when Kari shocked him with a stungun."