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Plants Really Do 'Scream'. We've Simply Never Heard Them Until Now (www.sciencealert.com)

submitted 11 months ago by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 53 points 11 months ago

Mowing my lawn must be a fucking nightmare for everything involved. ☹️

[-] grue@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

!fucklawns@lemmy.world

[-] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Imagine if instead of a podcast or audiobook or symphonic power metal you had to listen to the screams of your lawn as you mowed its life short

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

It gets worse -- that doesn't kill the grass. It just mutilates it.

[-] puppycat 7 points 11 months ago

and you get to do it over and over again every time it grows back!

grass is the Ken Kaneki to my lawnmowers Jason lol

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

Grass Metal!

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

That's what the fresh cut grass smell is.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You know why freshly mown grass smells so nice?
The smell is the grass's defense against grazing animals, as it attracts predators.
It smells nice cause it tells your predator brain there are prey animals you can eat nearby.
So the grass is literally snitching on the animals that are eating it, announcing their presence to their predators.

Evolution is fascinating that way.