2006-10-27 21:47:24 · 15 answers · asked by navaneeth p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Yes, but they have very high pitched voices so you can't hear them scream.
2006-10-28 10:52:44 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was amazed to discover what a controversial topic this is. Plants do have a distinct response to being damaged. They release hormones and other chemicals that trigger regrowth and can even warn other nearby plants about danger. Some scientists have also referred to this process as the "screaming" of plants, but it's a baseless correlation. The scientists used a sensor that converted the concentration of gas release from the plant into a sound, but no such sound accompanies the process in nature. Some people who eat meat have cited the "pain" experienced by plants as a reason why eating vegetables is just as bad as eating meat, while vegetarians are quick to point out that a chemical reaction is a far cry from physical pain conveyed by a nervous system and a brain. So the final answer depends on your own interpretation, but personally I'd say that plants do not experience pain.
2006-10-27 22:11:11 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haha funny you should ask. I am watching Myth Busters right now and they are trying to tell if a plant can feel pain and they are giving the plant a polygraph test to see if it has feelings. They have decided that it is Myth Busted and they can't feel pain and they don't have feelings.
2006-10-27 21:57:50 · answer #3 · answered by Sammee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as we know, no, they dont feel any pain. But there are theories that perhaps they do. Yet it is hard to prove it. On an episode of Mythbusters, they tried to measure the plants' feelings w/ a polygraph machine, but their results were inconclusive. There is no way to prove that they dont feel pain, but no one has been able to prove that the do. So, for now, no, they dont. But perhaps one day, scientists will find out otherwise. You never know.
2006-10-27 21:59:47 · answer #4 · answered by fliptastic 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There have been tests that show heightened electrical impulses when a plant is cut or otherwise hurt, showing there is a strong possibility that in their own way, yes they do.
2006-10-27 21:56:55 · answer #5 · answered by schaianne 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no via fact there is not any factor for them to have feeling for soreness. we experience soreness to let us know to handle it. in case you tuch some thing warm your recommendations tells you. a plant cant do any factor to go. it does flow to get solar nonetheless yet to no longer end the soreness.
2016-10-03 01:19:13 · answer #6 · answered by wheelwright 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scientific prouff has been astablished, 45 yrs. ago ! .Using an Philedendrun , house plant,
2006-10-31 19:33:15 · answer #7 · answered by cornelius p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Couldn't tell ya. Nor could anyone else. Maybe 50 years from now theyll invent something that claims to know.
2006-10-27 21:50:45 · answer #8 · answered by thaheartoflife 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
every living thing feels... so, im sure a plant can feel it.. but who's to call it pain?
2006-10-27 21:57:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm pretty sure they don't, but who's ever been a plant?
2006-10-27 21:49:39 · answer #10 · answered by Jethro 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋