Re: Carrots have feelings, too :)

Or maybe not.. but they communicate. Long time knowledge.

plant internet;

"Amazingly, the plants that were not under insect attack themselves, but connected to a victimized plant by the underground fungal network, began to produce a defensive chemical response in their cells. The plants not connected to the fungal network did not activate their chemical defense systems. As an extra control measure, the researchers also covered the plants with bags to rule out above-ground signaling that could possibly occur through air-borne chemical signals sensed in their leaves. Because of the carefully controlled conditions, the signals that caused this community defense response were found to be transmitted through the fungal network."
http://www.icr.org/article/plants-use-underground-fungal-internet/

Also;
"Using a laser-power microphone, scientists at the Institute for Applied Physics at the University of Bonn have also documented that plants "cry out" when they are subjected to pain. When a leaf or stem of a plant is cut, it releases the gas ethylene over its entire surface. Using specially calibrated lasers, scientists were able to make the ethylene molecules vibrate. Microphones could record the result of the vibrating molecules. "The more a plant is subjected to stress, the louder the signal we got on our microphone," Frank Kühnemann, of the Institute for Applied Physics in Bonn, said of their findings. When plants are happy and healthy, they make a gurgling sound."
http://www.mnn.com/home-blog/guest-columnist/blogs/the-case-for-the-ethical-t...
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