Do plant's really have feelings?

Answer 1

Yes. Indian Scientist Dr. Jagadishchandra Bose invented a instrument named crescograph & did many experiments on plants.
The great biologist, who showed those plants, too can feel in their own way. He saved money:he bought a small laboratory and built his equipment; and scientists in Europe and America wondered at his discoveries. A true patriot and a great man.
Suppose there is a lush green plant and its leaves are a sparkling green in the shining sunlight. We feel like pulling out a leaf to feel it. But we do not think of what goes on inside the plant. May be, we feel that the plant does not suffer like us. But the plant does suffer. In fact the pulsation of the plant stops where the leaf was plucked. In a short time the pulsation again begins at the spot, but this time very slowly. And then it completely stops. That spot is as good as dead for the plant.

It was Jagadishchandra Bose, an eminent Indian scientist, who explained that plants also suffer pain like us. Though he wored in other fields of science, he is best know for his research into the life of plants.

He forwarded a theory for the ascent of sap in plants in 1927, his theory contributed to the vital theory of ascent of sap. According to his theory the pumping action of the living cells in the endodermis junction were responsible for the ascent of sap in plants.

He was skeptical about the the-then most popular theory in ascent of sap, the tension-cohesion theory of Dixon and Joly, first proposed in 1894. His skepticism on the same turned true when Canny proposed the most successful 'The CP theory' backed by strong experimental evidence. Canny experimentally demonstrated the sort of pumping in the living cells in the junction of the endodermis, which JC Bose demonstrated 60 years earlier.

His research in plant stimuli were pioneering, he showed with the help of his newly invented crescograph that plants responded to various stimuli as if they had nervous systems like that of animals. He therefore found a parallelism between animal and plant tissues.

His experiments showed that plants grow faster in pleasant music and its growth retards in noise or harsh sound. This was experimentally verified later on. His major contribution in the field of biophysics was the demonstration of the electrical nature of the conduction of various stimuli (wounds, chemical agents) in plants, which were earlier thought to be of chemical in nature. These claims were experimentally proved by *Wildon et al (Nature, 1992, 360, 62–65). He also studied for the first time action of microwaves in plant tissues and corresponding changes in the cell membrane potential, mechanism of effect of seasons in plants, effect of chemical inhibitor on plant stimuli, effect of temperature etc,. And all studies were pioneering. He claimed that plants can "feel pain, understand affection etc," from the analysis of the nature of variation of the cell membrane potential of plants, under different circumstances. According to him a plant treated with care and affection gives out a different vibration compared to a plant subjected to torture.
Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858-1937), physicist, plant physiologist, and founder of the Bose Research Institute in Calcutta. He was one of the first to find a link between botanical and physical sciences. His Crescograph could detect plant growth of one-millionth of a millimetre of a second. In 1899, he invented the Coherer, an early radio receiver that was the model for Marconi's wireless of 1901.

Dr. Bose expounded on the 'nervous mechanism' of plants - the ability of plants to recognize and react to the individual who has committed an act of violence (particularly toward a plant) in their 'presence'. He studied other plant topics, including photosynthesis.

Answer 2

Yes; I think it's been quite clearly known among the more progressive for over 30 or 40 years, that plants show distinct signs of feelings and receiving trauma of some sort.
Although they do not appear to have nervous systems like us, they obviously have some sort of other mechanism.

Answer 3

Yes, I am sure plants have feelings which we do not yet understand. Because plants do not have nervous systems and cannot run away from predators, it has generally been assumed that they do not experience pain and suffering. Recent scientific evidence suggests that this assumption may be incorrect. However, we do know that birds and other nonhuman vertebrates have well-developed nervous systems and pain receptors the same as humans. Like us, they show pleasure and pain and they present comparable evidence of fear and well-being.

Answer 4

No. It is true that plants show electrical and biochemical changes in response to various stresses but they are not conscious beings. They do not have a brain. According to Wikipedia, "Feelings are affective states of consciousness, triggered by physiological changes arising from both sensory perceptions and memories in comparison to internally stored norms or ideals. Thinking, or the active comparing and contrasting of data, involves mental states that symbolize physiological changes and can be perceived as such."

Answer 5

Yes, there's been testing where electrodes have been attached to a plant and it has been hurt or cut and the plant did respond to the stimuli.

Answer 6

yes they do and we should make laws to protect the feelings of dumb plant

Answer 7

Not feelings...as you and I.
But they hate loud noise, and yes they also know...if they are being cared for...It's a well knowen fact.
They know if they are receiving the right amount of water, and care..in the way humans water at the same time...each day.Hense yes, they respond to that...but no feelings....just a response, as if to say I shall keep growing-well......

Answer 8

yes but not like our feelings

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

yes