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

[Swamp Thing]

Summary:

"Can plants hear?" -- The stuff of a Nobel, or just an...?

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-plants-hear/
• https://now.northropgrumman.com/can-plants-hear-the-science-of-sound-sensing-flora/

Well?

 

[jim mcnamara]

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.

 

[Swamp Thing]

No Nobel prize in the offing AFAIK.

Yes, I just mentioned the Nobel as a contrast to the Ig, not as a literal possibility.