You misremember it a bit. They saw "activity" when the thing was connected to the plant. Then they moved the plant into a steel container and the readings stopped. They hypothesized that they detected something like vibrations from a busy street etc, not a plant "screaming".

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

My phone also screams (signals) when someone calls, must mean my phone feels pain I guess.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

!digitalbioacoustics@lemmy.world

[–] Studio_caveman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If this is interesting to you, you may also be interested to check out the book The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it about people eating light?

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Talk about fast food

[–] Evilschnuff@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For me the question is if plants can actually hear these distress sounds, otherwise it’s not really for communication.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

They probably do. But even if not, it can be used for communication with insects and other animals.

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