A Biologist Believes That Trees Speak a Language We Can Learn - Quartz

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[–]Tiwaking 7 insightful - 7 fun7 insightful - 6 fun8 insightful - 7 fun -  (3 children)

I wooden believe any of this. This idea is a bit extreeme. Im going to go out on a limb and say this viewpoint could be quite inflamatree. But what wood I know. Maybe I cant see the forest for the trees.

[–]Vigte[S] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

You win.

[–]Tiwaking 5 insightful - 5 fun5 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 5 fun -  (1 child)

I'll log out

[–]Myrkskog 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Wait! You just need to turn over a new leaf and get to the root of the problem.

[–]Vigte[S] 4 insightful - 5 fun4 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Two days ago, it was plants scream in pain - today, plants have a language.

Man evolution works fast, doesn't it? /s

Still waiting for The Happening

[–]zyxzevn 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

They also have different regional accents. In Australia a tree would say:
"Hey mate! Me stick feels like fire!"

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Well they at least have vascular hormone systems, that much is biological fact. And sometimes those hormones and their signalling molecules can cross between separate plants. One could potentially call that a language.

[–]HeyImSancho 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I recently read some study, stating that trees have an actual measurable pulse, around 2 beats a minute.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That's interesting, like in the pressure of their vascular system?

[–]HeyImSancho 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I would think, yes, but with water pressure; or so I remember.

[–]EndlessSunflowers 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I really enjoyed this article, thanks!

"I want to change the way you think about forests. You see, underground there is this other world, a world of infinite biological pathways that connect trees and allow them to communicate and allow the forest to behave as though it’s a single organism. It might remind you of a sort of intelligence."

It very much does ... and is!