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[–] Evilschnuff@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For me the question is if plants can actually hear these distress sounds, otherwise it’s not really for communication.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 3 points 4 days ago

They probably do. But even if not, it can be used for communication with insects and other animals.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 7 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I remember this mythbusters episode. They basically detected that plants “might “ scream or signal to other plants. They got some weird outliers too.

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