I’m something of a “not a scientist” myself
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Submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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undeffeined@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
LordTrychon@startrek.website 8 months ago
Same. Would like answers.
LordTrychon@startrek.website 8 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 8 months ago
I would like some weed. As a nonscientist, answers come secondary to weed.
grandel@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Its legal to “not be a scientist” where I live
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
“I am not a scientist, I just smoke weed” needs to be a shirt.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I’m not sure what it actually means though
BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
That explains why my fuzzy terrorist always wants to bite them.
ReputedlyDeplorable@lemmy.world 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
They can also fight you.
LordTrychon@startrek.website 8 months ago
Oh good. I was worried they were defenseless.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 months ago
does that mean cats hear house plants scream while they are chewing on their leaves
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
It’s why they do it!
I’m not a cat or a plant scientist.
nifty@lemmy.world 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
This is what happens when you get too high and Dr Dog - Listening In is playing
OpenStars@discuss.online 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
You also need to have a sampling rate that’s equal to 2x the highest frequency.
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sorry to link to CNN but I was skeptical and here’s a good enough summary
blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 8 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 8 months ago
blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 8 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 8 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 8 months ago
I was told to touch grass, but when I did that it yelled “sexual harassment.”
BreadOven@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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someguy3@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It only said it tickles feet. Gotcha.
BugleFingers@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sexual grassment
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 months ago
Maybe it was Henry the anti assgrab crabgrass. youtu.be/1n7NB-lPJuU