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I had pulled the vines partly from the soil, perhaps a foot or so, when, suddenly, they fell away In such a form of life certain mechanisms had doubtless been selected for. - (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 25, Sentence #209)

I rolled away, to my left, and sat up, and tore the thorns from my leg, throwing them, and their pod and vine away The coils on my ankles drew tighter, and I rolled to my belly and, scratching at the ground, digging into it with my fingers, dragged myself away, inch by inch, pulling at the vines until they were taut. I was sure the thing was a plant and not a free-moving animal. It would live primarily by photosynthesis, and the water and minerals it could extract from the soil. I had pulled the vines partly from the soil, perhaps a foot or so, when, suddenly, they fell away In such a form of life certain mechanisms had doubtless been selected for. The behaviors of agitation and attack had doubtless been selected for, but so, too, I gathered, triggered by tensions likely to accompany or precede uprooting, had been a release and withdrawal. It was almost as though the plant wished to feed but not at the cost of its own demise. Doubtless these things were random at one time, but there are differences amongst behaviors; some are in the best interest of the organism, and others not. - (Smugglers of Gor)