Plants can also be dishonest

The Turnera velutina is an endemic plant in some areas of Mexico and can be very dishonest. Although honesty or lack of it is considered to be characteristic of humans, it is also present in the rest of living beings. The horning of deer, the vibrancy of the colors of the peacock, the size of the white spot on the head of the clogged flyfly or the length of the horn of the narval are all honest signs: they intend to inform the other, usually the…