Recent studies have shown that plants can respond to sound. For example, a tree may increase the sugar concentration in its flower nectar to attract buzzing insects that fly nearby.
In addition, scientists already know that plants can communicate with each other in various ways when under stress. For example, they can signal to other plants that they are in danger by changing leaf color, making them taste bitter, or smelling.
But this time in a groundbreaking study, trees can talk! Israeli scientists say they have been able to identify the 'sound' that plants make. News from Times of Israel and CTV News
The groundbreaking study by Tel Aviv University researchers was published Thursday in the prestigious scientific journal Cell.
Israeli researchers have not only been able to detect the 'voice' of trees, but they have also discovered that different species of trees communicate with each other in different 'languages'.
The researchers reported that from a certain distance they recorded the sounds made by stressed plants. They said that plants carry out 'conversations' through clicks. This sound is similar to the sound that popcorn makes when it pops. This sound is very similar to human speech, but has a much higher frequency, which is beyond the range of human hearing.
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