The researchers recorded the sound of the plants “screaming” during harvest. Instead of a uniform sound produced by humans, ultrasonic sound frequencies contain sounds that are beyond the human range.
According to a study published in Cell by Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University, the intensity of sound increases when plants experience stress. It has been suggested that this may be a way for plants to express distress in their environment.
“Even in quiet areas, we have a sound that we cannot hear, and that sound provides information. Some animals can hear this sound, so there is probably a lot of acoustic interaction,” University evolutionary scientist Lilach Hadany told Science Direct in 2023. study.
