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"Can plants hear?" -- Nobel or IgNobel?
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Plants exhibit the ability to respond to physical vibrations, a phenomenon known as thigmonasty. This response was first documented in Mimosidae species in 1963. The Venus flytrap, a well-known insectivorous plant, demonstrates this ability by reacting to vibrations caused by insects walking on its trap. While the discussion touches on the scientific exploration of sound sensing in plants, it humorously notes that there are no Nobel Prize prospects related to this research.
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Look up thigmosnasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thigmonasty
Some plants can respond to physical vibration. Vibration that we perceive is both physical and auditory, This was first described for species of Mimosidae. I first encountered it in the literature in 1963. Venus flytrap is a really cool insectivorous plant that responds to vibrations from insects walking in the "trap".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_flytrap
No Nobel prize in the offing AFAIK.
Some plants can respond to physical vibration. Vibration that we perceive is both physical and auditory, This was first described for species of Mimosidae. I first encountered it in the literature in 1963. Venus flytrap is a really cool insectivorous plant that responds to vibrations from insects walking in the "trap".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_flytrap
No Nobel prize in the offing AFAIK.
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jim mcnamara said:
Yes, I just mentioned the Nobel as a contrast to the Ig, not as a literal possibility.
For more than a hundred years people have been intrigued by how animals are able to do certain navigating tasks so well. Being able to sense magnetic fields has been one of several clues animals could use to figure out where they should go. Among possible magnetic sensory mechanisms have been:
light sensitive proteins (cryptochromes) in the retina that can also react to magnetic fields.
Microscopic magnetite crystals on found in various areas of the body (often the nose near nerves)
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