PICS
VIDEOS
DISCUSSION
MOVIES
VIDEO GAMES
MUSIC
INTERNETS
TV
TECH
SCIENCE
JAPANWTF
SFW SEXY
Plants apparently communicate with each other through clicking sounds
It’s been known for a while that plants can communicate chemically with each other, but now it also appears that on occasion, they can also communicate through noises, by using tiny clicking sounds. Yes, plants talk.
Plants like cabbage can emit a volatile gas, namely methyl jasmonate, that warns their vegetative brethren that a herbivore is in the ‘hood — annoying things like caterpillars or garden shears.
This got Exeter University scientist Monica Gagliano thinking that maybe other plants could perform a similar trick, but with sounds.
And her intuition was right. She, along with fellow researchers Stefano Mancuso and Daniel Robert, used powerful acoustic instrumentation which allowed them to hear clicking sounds coming from the roots of corn saplings. They also found that when they suspended the young roots in water and played a continuous noise at 200 Hz – a similar frequency to the clicks – the plants grew towards the source of the sound.
Gagliano and her team concluded that plants are indeed communicating with each other by making clicking sounds that travel easily through soil. It’s thought that, like the methyl jasmonate, these signals are warning of incoming threats.
The discovery shows that the role of sound in plants, a field of study referred to as bioacoustics, has yet to be fully explored and understood. It’s quite possible, notes Gagliano, that some form of sensitivity to sound and vibrations may also play an important role in the life of plants.
744 notes
-
miss-hyena-ears reblogged this from bad-mojo
-
novas-grimoire reblogged this from lokeanconcubine
-
clipmywings reblogged this from losingmyselfalloveragain
-
losingmyselfalloveragain reblogged this from the-milk-eyed-mender
-
patsystoner reblogged this from anattractivecryingman
-
striveforsteel likes this
-
anattractivecryingman reblogged this from askinnyblackman
-
agentstansfield likes this
-
everyonelikedbubbahotep reblogged this from cokkakoolla
-
everyonelikedbubbahotep likes this
-
aardvarkjuice likes this
-
foufeilesfoux reblogged this from iwillbebluenette
-
kucala reblogged this from edoro
-
deep-fried-sea-creatures likes this
-
brigidfirefox likes this
-
tellthemwhoyourmouthwasmadefor reblogged this from thekushistooloud
-
-findme reblogged this from thekushistooloud
-
apolloandstarbuck reblogged this from camembertlylegal
-
camembertlylegal reblogged this from thekushistooloud
-
camembertlylegal likes this
-
thekushistooloud reblogged this from pavelchekovbodypillow
-
thekushistooloud likes this
-
believesinpatterns likes this
-
meloyhaberman likes this
-
mae-govannen likes this
-
gentlemanofthefuture reblogged this from pavelchekovbodypillow
-
t0b0ldlyg0 reblogged this from pavelchekovbodypillow
-
starfleetgrad likes this
-
pavelchekovbodypillow reblogged this from bad-mojo
-
g-isabellae likes this
-
angrytransblogger likes this
-
grimdorky likes this
-
highqualityjpeg reblogged this from edoro
-
highqualityjpeg likes this
-
raymondhymentact likes this
-
edoro reblogged this from faketransgirl and added:
Plants are so amazing, omg.
-
faketransgirl reblogged this from iheartchaos
-
sammie108 reblogged this from bad-mojo
-
addisuns reblogged this from mermeanie
-
ablackguynamedkeith reblogged this from askinnyblackman
-
oneofmylegs reblogged this from eveistheapple
-
killers-never-hurt-feelings likes this
-
ninapedia likes this
-
zellexcopain reblogged this from socialistexan
-
thegirlwiththepurplecow reblogged this from thegirlwithoutaplanet
-
thegirlwithoutaplanet reblogged this from cokkakoolla
-
chriscolfercalledmesweetie reblogged this from ftm420
-
theonlyoneilune reblogged this from thegeminisage
-
misandristscum reblogged this from bakethatlinguist
- Show more notes
