US EditionScientists Have Just Uncovered That Plants Scream in Pain, Find Out What They Really ‘Say’ When They’re Hurt
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Scientists Have Just Uncovered That Plants Scream in Pain, Find Out What They Really ‘Say’ When They’re Hurt
It turns out that plants may not be as silent as we once thought. While the idea that plants might “scream” or produce sound has long been relegated to the realm of myth, recent findings suggest otherwise. When stressed, plants emit ultrasonic sounds, beyond the range of human hearing. However, the possibility that they could produce sound had remained largely unexplored. A 2023 study has now confirmed that stressed plants do indeed produce nois…
A recent finding changed what is known about the plant kingdom: science confirmed that plants "scream" when they suffer stress due to lack of water or physical damage, with ultrasonic emissions that no human ear can detect, but that scientific instruments do record clearly. The discovery comes from the University of Tel Aviv and opens questions about whether other organisms in nature perceive these acoustic signals. What seemed exclusive territo…
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