DailyDirt: Shhh! The Plants Are Listening!
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
People usually think of plants as deaf and dumb, but plants might be a bit smarter that we think. Sure, there have been science fair projects where plants grow and respond to music. But much more elaborate research has shown various plants can "hear" certain kinds of vibrations and react measurably. Here are just a few examples of plants listening to their environment.- Researchers at the University of Missouri have detected plants creating more defensive chemicals when exposed to the sounds of caterpillars chewing. The scientists measured the tiny vibrations using laser reflections off leaves and noted that playing back other vibrations didn't result in the plants synthesizing more defensive mustard oils. [url]
- Do plants really grow better in response to music? Mythbusters says it's plausible, and a few other studies seem to support this idea. [url]
- Apparently, chili seedlings can detect who their neighbors are -- and distinguish between "bad" neighbors such as fennel and "good" neighbors like basil. One proposal is that these plants can "hear" acoustic vibrations from adjacent plants... but that's crazy, right? [url]
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exactly why i call vegetarians murderers, too...
we kill them all so we may live... that's life...
to say that animals are feeling creatures who should not be killed, is to ignore that plants have 'feelings' too...
IF a plant could communicate to us, or have big brown doe-eyes, don't you think THEY would say: heh, don't cut me down and masticate me, man ! ! !
so, we are left with being 'breatharians'...
(a cult which actually exists which believes you can get all your nutrients, etc from breathing... i think they are dying out faster than they can reproduce...)
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Re: exactly why i call vegetarians murderers, too...
Breatharianism is murder.
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The Last Word
“Re: exactly why i call vegetarians murderers, too...
Every breath you take is laden with microorganisms of various sorts, and your respiratory system is specifically designed to kill as many of them as possible.Breatharianism is murder.