2007-02-13 01:48:16 · 7 answers · asked by bubbly 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Mythbusters experimented with this idea. The result. NO they dont.
2007-02-13 01:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by RjM 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Plants don't have ears, so can't listen or hear. On the other hand, sound is an energy and just as you can sometimes feel music, plants can probably feel the pressure (waves) of sound. Whether or not they react to those waves differently than regular air pressure though, is anyone's guess...
2007-02-14 19:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by Miss Vida 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, more difficult answer. Easy answer, no ears no listen right....wrong. Plants do not have ears... we all agree, unless you buy one of those face inserts with some ears, but I digress. Anyhow, they do listen...with ears, no, chemically. I read research where a grove of trees actually communicated. How you ask...chemically. Seems a nasty beetle was invading the trees. The victims put out a chemical to the other trees as a warning. The other trees then actually changed their chemical make up in the tree to make them less desirable to the beetles, thus protecting themselves. Now, did they "hear" the victim trees...kind of. What do you think?
2007-02-14 08:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by GA-Seagull 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has been research which indicates that plants not only react to aural stimuli, but have somewhat of a memory for it. The research is somewhat controversial though, and some simply refuse to believe it.
2007-02-13 09:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by close_enough_4_ska 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Then that tree falling in the forest didn't hear anything?
2007-02-13 13:11:01 · answer #5 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
plants can feel and sense, but listenening or hearing they can not
2007-02-13 10:54:23 · answer #6 · answered by alishus 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
im not sure
2007-02-13 09:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋