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322: Screaming Plants

322: Screaming Plants

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Scientists wanted to know if plants scream and tortured tomatoes to find out the answer. Beckett (Trace's youngest spawn) wanted to know, if plants do scream, can our pets hear it and is this why cats knock plants off shelves?





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YouTube sound of Plants "screaming": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_AGgoJ3VA





Sci News, Plants Emit Ultrasonic Sounds When Stressed, Groundbreaking Study Shows: https://www.sci.news/biology/plant-ultrasonic-sounds-11794.html





How Well do Animals Hear: https://www.lsu.edu/deafness/HearingRange.html





Hidden Hearing, Human hearing ranges: https://www.hiddenhearing.co.uk/hearing-blog/hearing-loss/what-animals-have-better-hearing-than-humans



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