Friday, 20 December 2013

Plant Cells "Talk" With Electric Signals, Too

Plant Cells "Talk" With Electric Signals, Too
Dec 20th 2013, 19:20, by Sarah Zhang

Plant Cells "Talk" With Electric Signals, Too
A particular detail has always stuck with me from The BFG, Roald Dahl's dark-as-hell children's book that's actually about giants snatching kids from their bedrooms. The one good, non-kid-eating giant tells his friend about superhuman hearing: "if I is twisting the stem of the flower till it breaks, then the plant is screaming. I can hear it screaming and screaming very clear."
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