To be honest, this is like saying that cars tires scream in pain during an accident. It’s highly unlikely to be a “voluntary” sound emission and not just a result of their physiology of being literally a bunch of tiny water tubes drying up.
The article talks about plants being able to “hear” at the beginning of the article which implies communication between the plants about stressful conditions but they haven’t been able to demonstrate that it’s actually happening as fun as it is to think about.
Well, I don’t doubt that plants can perceive acoustic stimuli, however the context is probably something else and the usefulness of telling neighbouring plants that you have no water is also not really obvious. There’s just a lot of sensationalism regarding such capabilities.
To be honest, this is like saying that cars tires scream in pain during an accident. It’s highly unlikely to be a “voluntary” sound emission and not just a result of their physiology of being literally a bunch of tiny water tubes drying up.
The article talks about plants being able to “hear” at the beginning of the article which implies communication between the plants about stressful conditions but they haven’t been able to demonstrate that it’s actually happening as fun as it is to think about.
Well, I don’t doubt that plants can perceive acoustic stimuli, however the context is probably something else and the usefulness of telling neighbouring plants that you have no water is also not really obvious. There’s just a lot of sensationalism regarding such capabilities.
Go read about it before pissing on the parade.
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