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minus-squareLordTrychon@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·4 months agoDid some checking, out of curiosity. And yeah. Interesting as hell. We recorded 65 dBSPL (dB of sound pressure level) ultrasonic sounds 4 inches (10 cm) from tomato and tobacco plants, implying that these sounds could be detected by some organisms from up to several feet (meters) away. https://www.sci.news/biology/plants-ultrasonic-clicks-07895.html
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·4 months agoYour move, vegans
minus-squareNardoPolo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoI’ve heard the screams of the vegetables!
minus-squarecraigers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoBeen waiting 17 years to pull that out, lol. Perfect.
minus-squareWeebLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI was half expecting this song
minus-squareFlummoxed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI was absolutely expecting this song. I’m always expecting this song, but especially when I am fast asleep. The cries of the carrots…
minus-squareOmega_Man@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-24 months agoPineapples dissolve your mouth. Anything with capsaicin is non verbally asking you not to eat it.
minus-squareHonkyTonkWoman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months ago…and anything with that many spikes on it is visually threatening your gullet, but it’s still delicious.
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·4 months agoThey can also fight you. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/this-machete-is-controlled-by-a-plant-yielding-robotic-arm
minus-squareLordTrychon@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoOh good. I was worried they were defenseless.
Did some checking, out of curiosity.
And yeah. Interesting as hell.
https://www.sci.news/biology/plants-ultrasonic-clicks-07895.html
Your move, vegans
I’ve heard the screams of the vegetables!
Been waiting 17 years to pull that out, lol. Perfect.
I was half expecting this song
I was absolutely expecting this song. I’m always expecting this song, but especially when I am fast asleep. The cries of the carrots…
CARROTS CAINT FIGHT BACK
Pineapples dissolve your mouth. Anything with capsaicin is non verbally asking you not to eat it.
…and anything with that many spikes on it is visually threatening your gullet, but it’s still delicious.
They can also fight you.
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/this-machete-is-controlled-by-a-plant-yielding-robotic-arm
Oh good. I was worried they were defenseless.