[decimon]

Yes, your turnip did scream.

[Cuttnhorse]

The sagebrush around my place must be on constant high alert...I bought my wife a trailer-pull 200-gallon propane tank for burning sagebrush. I thought I heard some strange screams when she torched off the burner.

[DJ MacWoW]

We used to put these people in padded rooms. Now we call them “experts”.

[fso301]

I remember this same stuff about plant feelings from back in the 1970’s.

[Sudetenland]

Day of the Triffids!

[TheWasteLand]

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down?

We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason

[Flycatcher]

The sagebrush communicated and cooperated with other branches of themselves to avoid being eaten by grasshoppers... the scientists suspect that the plants warn their own kind of impending danger by emitting volatile cues. This may involve secreting chemicals that deter herbivores or make the plant less profitable for herbivores to eat...

So we're talking about chemical cues here? Plants respond to all types of cues: chemical, tactile, and temperature cues. Why is this so AMAZING?!!!

Oh. Right. Someone needs a new grant.

[SunkenCiv]

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