Dionaea and Cooke’s Victorian muscle comparison, not proof that a plant is an animal

"the resemblance between the contraction of muscle and that of the leaf is so wonderfully complete" — M. C. Cooke, on Dionaea’s contraction
"irrito-contractility" — Sanderson, as reported by M. C. Cooke, combining irritability and contractility in Dionaea
"chemical disintegration within the muscle" — M. C. Cooke, linking muscular contraction with chemical change and available energy
"there is no reason for supposing" — M. C. Cooke, cautioning that electrical effects are not themselves the source of the contracting force

Dionaea and Cooke’s Victorian muscle comparison, not proof that a plant is an

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