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Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to science@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

Plants Really Do 'Scream'. We've Simply Never Heard Them Until Now

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Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world to science@lemmy.world · 6 months ago
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It seems like Roald Dahl may have been onto something after all: if you hurt a plant, it screams.
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    Well hence they will work out when the plant (or human in your example) is really starving.

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      We’ve already established that. But that method will shorten the life of the plant (and human.)

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        I dunno, calorie restrictions has tended to lengthen lifespan in other organisms we’ve tried it on.

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          Sure, but not to the point in which it’s a constant stress.

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