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Category Archives: Botany

Plants aren’t mute. We’re deaf.

Posted on 2023-03-31 by Hal
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According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, plants that are stressed (such as being too dry, or having stems cut) emit sound. But the sounds emitted are at frequencies higher than humans can hear.

(h/t Moshe Feder)

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