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the researchers recorded both healthy and stressed tomato and tobacco plants using microphones. They conducted experiments in a soundproof chamber and later in a greenhouse with background noise. The plants were stressed in two ways, by withholding water for several days and by cutting their stems. The team then trained a machine learning algorithm to distinguish between healthy plants, dehydrated plants, and cut plants.

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Source : https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-plants-scream-we-just-couldnt-hear-them-until-now/

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[–] starik@lemmy.zip 15 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

You mean dry bricks scream in agony!

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

So YOU mean the wet bricks scream with … pleasure?