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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by Sai_ on Saturday October 21, 2023 @09:56PM (#37972177)
If the theory of evolution is valid and it is also true that animals have been eating stuff from plants - like caterpillars eating leaves(painful) and bees pollinating(pleasurable?) - wouldn’t there be selective pressure to develop vocalisation to convey sentiment?

So, maybe trees haven’t developed these abilities to speak because they’re sturdier and feel/sense less (or the ToE is incorrect/incomplete).

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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by yieldcrv on Sunday October 22, 2023 @02:26AM (#37973284)
the theory of evolution only selects for traits till reproduction. traits that have no affect on ability to reproduce are completely random mutations that never get weeded out.
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Re:Plants communicate with each other when in danger by Sai_ on Sunday October 22, 2023 @08:20AM (#37974718)
So why aren’t plants moaning in pleasure when insects pick up their pollen?

Why does not one tree use vocalisations to attract insects? Why flowers and not, say, the death sounds of an antelope to attract a bunch of animals whose fur can be vector to transport burrs?

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