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"Can plants hear?" -- Nobel or IgNobel?
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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.