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[–] cryptTurtle@piefed.social 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry but the title on this post is so clickbaity. We've known that plants release chemical signals when injured for ages. This is definitely not "whispering messages"

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Also not news, right?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Unfortunately the grass screaming about the lawnmower is useless at stoping the humans and pointless at informing the trees.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

The kind of grass that gets mowed has a symbiotic relationship with humanity.

[–] cryptTurtle@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

This is funny and all but the article literally address that it works across generations

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 9 points 3 weeks ago

"Ok guys, here it comes! Just like we practiced, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, NOOOW! EVERYBODY STAY PERFECTLY STILL!"

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh yeah, the movie where nothing actually happened and they gave away the twist ending halfway through the movie.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Happening

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes.

And I loved it too.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

This study feels like meat industry propping up "plant also have feeling" rhetoric so that meat lovers can use it as some sort of gotcha against vegan activists.