Study says plants can hear themselves being eaten

[terry78]

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/03/plants-can-hear-insects-chewing_n_5555049.html



I think that might be fundamentally creepier than eating meat.

 

[charl_huntress]

Hmmmm....

I laughed when I read this because I just cut up a ton of veggies for a salad. The plan for today is steaks, kabobs, potatoes and....salad.

I wonder if the potatoes know they're about to be baked?

 

[Hobgoblin]

More weird crap that plants can do.

http://io9.com/5623112/the-smell-of-freshly-cut-grass-is-actually-a-plant-distress-call

 

[SuperFerret]

Hmmmm....

I laughed when I read this because I just cut up a ton of veggies for a salad. The plan for today is steaks, kabobs, potatoes and....salad.

I wonder if the potatoes know they're about to be baked?

No, they don't. You know why? Because they're dead.

 

[charl_huntress]

No, they don't. You know why? Because they're dead.

Ahh... Thank you for putting my mind at ease.

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

if the plants are fresh and crispy the way they're supposed to be, then this is the sound I expect to hear and the sound THEY'RE going to hear when I have them as a salad...

 

[regwec]

Plants don't have ears.

Except corn. Damn...

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Plants don't have ears.

Except corn. Damn...

What a corny joke.

 

[regwec]

Yes, it was rather wheat.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

My mom's schitzo friend became an "airitarian" because he thought vegetables had souls.

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

My mom's schitzo friend became an "airitarian" because he thought vegetables had souls.

oh god... damndest thing I ever heard of...