Plants Make Sounds When Hurt, Scientists Confirm, And Now You Can Hear It

[onthedarkside]

 

Your tomato plant may be crying out for you to water it, but although other animals and plants might hear it, your human ears are deaf to the sound of its laments.

 

That’s the finding of new research that captured the pops and clicks of stressed plants, which have been tuned down to the human hearing range. 

 

The novel experiment revealed that plants exposed to harmful pressures, such as injuries and dehydration, produce ultrasonic noises that may be audible to animals and plants as far as 16 feet away, in this way, plants may use sound to communicate with their wider ecosystems, a finding that sheds light on their mysterious inner worlds and could help mitigate agricultural challenges presented by climate change.

 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aknn3/plants-make-sounds-when-hurt-scientists-confirm-and-now-you-can-hear-it

 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Roll on the Society for the prevention of cruelty to plants!

[scottiejohn]

20 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Roll on the Society for the prevention of cruelty to plants!

Will King Charles, he who is known for his love of talking to his plants, be it's patron?

[vandeventer]

25 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Roll on the Society for the prevention of cruelty to plants!

So, what's left to eat that feels no pain?

[herfiehandbag]

Tofu lives matter!

[Kwasaki]

I now know what "keep off the grass" sign means. 

[quake]

So,  are the Vegetarians and Vegan's going to die out, now. 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2023 by quake

[John Drake]

I think I saw this on Lost In Space when I was seven years old.

[TKDfella]

With improved technology we are able to detect a reaction to stimuli. But experiments on plants goes back many years. Darwin wrote about it. In earlier times the experiments were mainly on plant movement. For example, it was found that in plant roots certain cells respond to gravitation, cells called statocytes. (one of the reasons plants were taken aboard the space station). Botanist have also described that trees communicate with one another via both air and roots. A 2018 Smithsonian article also included '...University of Western Australia has gathered evidence that some plants may also emit and detect sounds, and in particular, a crackling noise in the roots at a frequency of 220 hertz, inaudible to humans.' 

Well, plants are alive aren't they so why not have a response mechanism too.

[kidneyw]

7 hours ago, quake said:

So,  are the Vegetarians and Vegan's going to die out, now. 

 

 

 

 

Well, I would at least settle for shutting them up.

[TKDfella]

5 minutes ago, kidneyw said:

Well, I would at least settle for shutting them up.

Seriously though, if one does go vegetarian then it should for some medical or some other sound reason but to become a vegetarian simply because of 'killing animals' imo is not really good enough...we still have to kill plants to eat them. Okay, I know there's a big difference slaughter houses and a threshing machine...I got an idea...don a loin cloth, grab a  big club and go and kill our own food ????

[AustinRacing]

Dahhhhh! My plants do Knock-knock jokes. When I try to pick the cucumbers they yell out “how’d you feel if someone cut off your prick you a..hole”. And the tomato plant next door yell out “…don’t forget the balls”.