I’m something of a “not a scientist” myself
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Submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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undeffeined@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
LordTrychon@startrek.website 10 months ago
Same. Would like answers.
LordTrychon@startrek.website 10 months ago
Did some searching. The paper from 2019 that discussed this -
We recorded 65 dBSPL (dB of sound pressure level) ultrasonic sounds 4 inches (10 cm) from tomato and tobacco plants, implying that these sounds could be detected by some organisms from up to several feet (meters) away.
HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I would like some weed. As a nonscientist, answers come secondary to weed.
grandel@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Its legal to “not be a scientist” where I live
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
“I am not a scientist, I just smoke weed” needs to be a shirt.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
I’m not sure what it actually means though
BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“High thoughts,” almost like shower thoughts, but driven by weed and, in my experience, learning an interesting fact or tidbit.
pyre@lemmy.world 10 months ago
imagine a shirt that says “I’m not a scientist”. it’s basically that but if you smoke weed you are obligated to tell everyone unprompted, so this is for weed smokers who want a shirt that says I’m not a scientist.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 10 months ago
a further idea: Front of the shirt says “I am not a scientist” Back of the shirt says “I just smoke weed”
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 10 months ago
That explains why my fuzzy terrorist always wants to bite them.
ReputedlyDeplorable@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, if the plant is screaming at having its leaves torn, my little psychopath would absolutely be like “bite it harder!”
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wait… If the plants are whispering to my cat late at night. Is that why the little fucker spazzes out and goes crazy all over the house at 3 am?
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Well, during the day plants are busy working (photosynthesising, defending, sticking pollen to bugs), they only have a chance to get socially chatty at night.
And cats love plant humour.
Except that of succulents. They crunch too much.
LordTrychon@startrek.website 10 months ago
Did some checking, out of curiosity.
And yeah. Interesting as hell.
We recorded 65 dBSPL (dB of sound pressure level) ultrasonic sounds 4 inches (10 cm) from tomato and tobacco plants, implying that these sounds could be detected by some organisms from up to several feet (meters) away.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
They can also fight you.
LordTrychon@startrek.website 10 months ago
Oh good. I was worried they were defenseless.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Plants talk? As in rustle with movement or communicate through sound? Can plants hear? The world is amazing, I’ll be on Wikipedia for a few.
Hellstormy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There are high frequency sounds that they emit when they experience certain stimuli, for example when not having enough water or leaves being torn. As far as I know some other plants or insects might be evolutionarily tuned to recognize those sounds and react to them. So yes, in a way plants can talk.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 months ago
does that mean cats hear house plants scream while they are chewing on their leaves
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It’s why they do it!
I’m not a cat or a plant scientist.
nifty@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How do we know that sound signals recorded aren’t just from the release of biomolecules? Using the nervous system to produce sound is a more intentional process than the release of biomolecules for chemical signaling, which is something even simple multicellular organism do
angrystego@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’re right that it doesn’t have to be talking. But it is a sound cats and dogs can hear. They do hear the plant noise, which is cool.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s cool to us.
I can absolutely confirm that neither cats nor dogs particularly enjoy hearing multiple frequencies in that range, as I use ultrasonic noisemakers to train dogs and cats. Both species have had individuals that reacted as though I had just beaten them, and all the individuals reacted in such a way that it was clear that they would do just about anything to never hear those noises again.
That being said, I wonder if they could hear that frequency all the time and were freaked out that a human was shouting in plant language.
nifty@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Right, but what’s the source of the sound? If it’s not intentionally produced, but rather a chemical reaction or reaction byproduct, then it says something different about plant communication
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is what happens when you get too high and Dr Dog - Listening In is playing
OpenStars@discuss.online 10 months ago
“I can hear the innermost thoughts of plants” - yup, sounds crazy to me! (Therefore let’s do it - make it happen!:-)
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Is it possible to record those higher frequencies and then turn them down so I can hear how noisy it is for my dog at home?
Etterra@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably. If astronomers can convert the radio noise stars make into audible sound - and they can - then I don’t see why we couldn’t pitch adjust background noise to human-audible levels.
rhandyrhoads@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m not 100% on the pitching down bit, but key would be to get a mic that has those frequencies in its range.
ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 10 months ago
You also need to have a sampling rate that’s equal to 2x the highest frequency.
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sorry to link to CNN but I was skeptical and here’s a good enough summary
blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
It would be really neat if someone made a sensor that could tell you whether your plant needs to be watered.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 months ago
blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yeah, I’ve messed around with water sensors before. I just thought it would be neat to measure it via stress on the plant itself.
Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
An RPI to measure moisture seems complete overkill. There’sESP Home for small sensors instructables.com/Building-a-Wireless-Soil-Moistu…
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 months ago
I was told to touch grass, but when I did that it yelled “sexual harassment.”
BreadOven@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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someguy3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It only said it tickles feet. Gotcha.
BugleFingers@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sexual grassment
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 months ago
Maybe it was Henry the anti assgrab crabgrass. youtu.be/1n7NB-lPJuU