But they can’t since they’re ultrasonic.
Vegans are just gonna have dead twigs, rocks and dirt left to eat.
I hope this news keeps vegetarians awake at night.
Awesome. Say, how many taxpayer dollars, errrr, shekels, was spent on this study?
So that is where the ringing in my ears comes from. Time for silk plants.
The sounds were emitted by what organ of the plant? I didn’t catch that from the article.
Women,Minorites and Vegetables Hit Hardest!
Future generations will be forced to eat dirt, at least until they find a suitable replacement for the impossible mystery meat.
remember reading about this many years ago and supposedly they can ‘communicate’ with other plants too-
pretty soon the left will claim that the only acceptable food is ground up racist white people, but for now though they are being soylent on the issue
You know what else they do? They get kind of shrivelly. You’re welcome. And, just to show what a great guy I am, I’ll take only half of what you paid those other researchers. In twenties if you got ‘em.
Stop calling it screams. They are not screams.
I noticed that the little mouse emits a high pitched sound when pounced upon by a snake, bird, or other predator. It’s the natural order. Stronger animal eats weaker one. Animals eat plants. It’s how things work.
Insane people are going to demand that we stop eating plants. The only thing left to eat will be dirt. But there are micro-organisms in dirt!
So, vegans are murderers.
Next, we’ll hear how stomach bacteria scream as they die. No more digesting!
What does it sound like when doves cry?
While “screams” is a human term and is an anthropomorphic projection of human “feelings” to a non-animal life form’s reaction to “stress”.
While yes, ALL LIFE wants to live, and ALL LIFE seeks to continue to live, and yes there is nothing “wrong” with the idea that other life forms, like plants, have reactions to things that “stress” their ability to live.
And, the combined molecular reaction to that stress within the life can possibly create vibrations of certain molecules in the plant which could be detected in the form of sound waves.
So, yes, plants can get “stressed” and can react to “stress”, and MAYBE such stress can POSSIBLY create molecular changes that can POSSIBLY produce sound above or below wavelengths that humans can identify. Nothing unnatural about the idea.
But supplying human or even animal emotions to it has no scientific foundation.
My late husband used to mock vegetarians by saying...don’t you hear that carrot scream when you pull it out of the ground? Then you aren’t listening!
He was absolutely correct. Even if their sounds are inaudible, you CAN pick up on plant distress if you pay attention.
The Trees
Rush
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas
The trouble with the maples
And they’re quite convinced they’re right
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can’t help their feelings
If they like the way they’re made
And they wonder why the maples
Can’t be happy in their shade?
There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream ‘oppression!’
And the oaks, just shake their heads
So…
The Screaming Trees...