- And what's the telegraph vine?
- Well, a vine, research has proven, can signal to other vines of the same species. Vines, twenty to, well, a hundred miles away.

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Thing from Another World movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:47:08 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Not for long, not if they happen to know anything about the flora of their own planet.

- You mean there are vegetables right here on earth that can... think?

- A certain kind of thinking, yes.

- You ever hear of a telegraph vine?

- Not recently.

- Or the... Is it the Acanthus Century plant, Dr. Stern?

- Go ahead, doctor. That's your field.

- Well, the century plant catches mice, bats, squirrels, any small mammals. Uses a sweet syrup as bait, then holds on to its catch and feeds on it.

- And what's the telegraph vine?

- Well, a vine, research has proven, can signal to other vines of the same species. Vines, twenty to, well, a hundred miles away.

- Intelligence in plants and vegetables is an old story, older even than the animal arrogance that has overlooked it.

- That's one for Ripley.

- Look here, I took this from under the soft tissue of the palm of the hand.

- Yes. The neat and unconfused reproductive technique of vegetation. No pain or pleasure as we know it. No emotions. No heart.

- Our superior. Our superior in every way.

- Gentlemen, do you realize what we've found? A being from another world, as different from us as one pole from the other.

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The Thing from Another World Sound Clip

Revisit the sci-fi classic "The Thing from Another World" with our collection of sound clips featuring iconic quotes from the 1951 movie.

Actors: Margaret Sheridan (Nikki Nicholson), Kenneth Tobey (Captain Patrick Hendry), Robert Cornthwaite (Dr. Arthur Carrington), Douglas Spencer (Scotty)

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