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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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[–] DishaweslemOride@lemmy.org 12 points 4 hours ago

Checkmate vegetarians. ;)

[–] 69420@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOFVXckEiQs&t=1071

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 38 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Damarus@feddit.org 13 points 7 hours ago

Wow that's my favorite song

[–] username_1@programming.dev 30 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I bet that wet brick sounds in a different way than a dry one.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 14 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

You mean dry bricks scream in agony!

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

So YOU mean the wet bricks scream with … pleasure?

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

I've known about the Screaming Trees for decades.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago

I recall in college about 14 years ago we spoke about the electric impulses in plants and how they change in reaction to stress

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I thought they found this over a decade ago?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Now it's reproducible bullshit.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 5 points 5 hours ago

Research has to be repeatable

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Now I want to hook up a mic to my succulents and run a local ML model on a raspberry pi to water it.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Don't water your Raspberry Pi.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, you're supposed to bake pie

[–] SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 1 points 5 hours ago

Sounds like popping bubble wrap, or popcorn.

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Decades old.