Plants may be able to 'hear' others

[styky]

I felt I needed to read this while listening to an appropriate theme

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CtjhWhw2I8


Plants may be able to 'hear' others

08 June 2012 by Michael Marshall
Magazine issue 2868.

THEY can "smell" chemicals and respond to light, but can plants hear sounds? It seems chilli seeds can sense neighbouring plants even if those neighbours are sealed in a box, suggesting plants have a hitherto-unrecognised sense.................http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... thers.html

[Edward Kennedy]

I have always found trees more intelligent to talk to than dippers or lieberals. One night I found the occasional sounds of the horses in the field flatulating much more intellectual than a speech by pukizuki.

[styky]

I have always found trees more intelligent to talk to than dippers or lieberals. One night I found the occasional sounds of the horses in the field flatulating much more intellectual than a speech by pukizuki.

On occasion this plant chatting has been caught on film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8XSuI2Tms

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bNu4xLIzso