“Did you just scream?” “No, sorry, that was my salad.”
August 28, 2010
Via Jiblog, who asks: Plants Scream – What will vegans do now?!
The lovely scent of cut grass is the reek of plant anguish: When attacked, plants release airborne chemical compounds. Now scientists say plants can use these compounds almost like language, notifying nearby creatures who can “rescue” them from insect attacks.
How does that smell, you butcher, when you murder the carrots in your backyard garden? Does that smell real good?
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M. Night Shyamalan was right. We might be one lawn mowing away from a Happening.
As I’ll tell my wife the next time she tells me to mow the lawn.