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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I was told to touch grass, but when I did that it yelled "sexual harassment."

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

It only said it licks feet. Gotcha.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Still going to do the splits

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ah but how can you prove that the implication wasn't that it'd lick anything that touches it? you can't extrapolate exclusivity from only one data point, it's more sensible to assume slutty grass

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It doesn't say "it licked my feet" which would be one data point. It says "what if it licked your feet", that is asserting that one condition and no others. You can't extrapolate anything else.

[–] BugleFingers@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Sexual grassment

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm something of a "not a scientist" myself

[–] LordTrychon@startrek.website 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] LordTrychon@startrek.website 1 points 3 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.

https://www.sci.news/biology/plants-ultrasonic-clicks-07895.html

[–] LordTrychon@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

https://www.sci.news/biology/plants-ultrasonic-clicks-07895.html

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] NardoPolo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] craigers@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Been waiting 17 years to pull that out, lol. Perfect.

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Omega_Man@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Pineapples dissolve your mouth. Anything with capsaicin is non verbally asking you not to eat it.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

does that mean cats hear house plants scream while they are chewing on their leaves

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"I am not a scientist, I just smoke weed" needs to be a shirt.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what it actually means though

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

"High thoughts," almost like shower thoughts, but driven by weed and, in my experience, learning an interesting fact or tidbit.

So they're not a scientist and don't have formal training in sounds or plants or animals, they learned a fact and got high and connected some dots, haha

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

Gotcha. "I'm not an expert, but I have profound thoughts" is the message

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

This is what happens when you get too high and Dr Dog - Listening In is playing

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?

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 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?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 3 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.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

That explains why my fuzzy terrorist always wants to bite them.