Trees have feelings?

I'm looking at Weeping Willows in a whole new light.

Only recently have we known of interactions between mycorrhizal plants and pathogens, herbivores, and parasitic plants. And the lymphatic system and its role in snake-bite was not widely publicised for decades.
Trees keep their politics to themselves , a most commendable policy especially in cyber warfare nations. A stethoscope reveals the humming buzz of activity inside trees notably the revered oak of druid and the cedar , Devadaru "tree of the gods". They are watching.
And waiting.

Peter Wholleben's ideology and the evolution fantasy are cousins.

I was going to make some remark about selfish genes and the usefulness of allegories in selling books to people who aren't that into science. But between Dan, Alan, Nick and runner, this thread is like a crackhead's picnic. I'll leave you guys to it.

Trees have emotions & way more sense than a lot of the people who gather en masse to plant them when the time is right for fads.

I always knew that vegetarians were mass murderers.