 Stressed #plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them Fascinating new research using microphones captured ultrasonic crackles from plants that are water-deprived or injured. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00890-9 #nature #science 12 comments
@JasonNickel @Sheril Mine gotta be telling me to stop talking to them. At least for 30 minutes… Everyday! 🤡  > "Stressed plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them" I think this headline or "narrative" is misleading. I am very sure that stones would also cry out if they were watered and then left to die of thirst. Especially the more porous ones. The coarser the pores, the deeper the sound will be. Because of such "Walt Disney" attributions superstition and a wrong world view could form. btw: the foam on top of my coffee is crying right now   @Sheril Sounds like an episode of Tales of the Unexpected from the early 80s. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0717507/ @Sheril You know what else makes the same sounds? Rivers, rain, and waves: literally anywhere that air bubbles form in water and collapse. If you want more clickbait, however, then you may rightly claim that stressing a river by trying to divert the water, causes it to make *more* sounds. Which must be significant, right? 🙄  @Sheril This is a physical response to dehydration manifesting as popping air bubbles. A 'cry' can only be considered as such if other plants have a mechanism to receive it and act on it. AFAIK plants do not have any audio receptors. My knees crack when I stand up. Is that a cry? |
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@Sheril This seems like a misleading title. The article says these are just the noises produced by plant stems drying out.