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October 7, 2022 02:38 pm GMT

Hypnotic time-lapse video of houseplants moving on their own over a 24-hour period

Watch these plants "sleep" and "wake up" over a 24-hour period. The phenomenon is called nyctinasty which describes the movement of plants in response to changes in light and temperature over the circadian cycle. From Biology Online:

Nyctinasty is different from a tropic movement (tropism).

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