Posted on 07/11/2014 12:32:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
This is true. Whenever I eat broccoli, it reprograms itself to taste bad.
Reminds me of Mooochelle’s White House Garden....
How long before we see “PEToP” (people for the ethical treatment of plants)?
It’s a good thing my lawn mower is loud. I might not be able to bear the screams :)
Runaway Bride...one of the dates was a fruitarian who ate only fruit that had fallen off the tree. come to think of it, kind of like the Garden of Eden.
Have you ever bitten into an apple only to find that you just destroyed the home of a worm and all of her little “loved ones”? It’s hard to sleep at night after that happens.
Oh...now I know the source of that blood curdling scream when I bit into a carrot stick the other night.
When is the movie, “revenge of the plants” going to be released?
A new equivalent to PETA...PETP...”PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PLANTS”?
A ne reality show, perhaps?
Must be because you sound like a caterpillar because my broccoli tastes fine. Now, Brussels sprouts, yuck!
I have some hedges in front of my house that have leaves with one sharp point on the tip. When I trim the hedges, the first leaves that grow back have up to five points on them. If I don’t trim for a while, the leaves revert to one point.
Asparagus has figured out a form of revenge, along with beets, beans, cabbage, garlic, and others.
Now that was funny.....
I'm off to mow the back lawn..after I get my hair cut. Wonder how loud my hair screams?
I like all them things..............
And that is why it is imperative to cook them first.
” Using a second set of plants, they played back only silence.”
“Second set of plants?” Must’ve been the audience for John Cage’s “4’33”
It could be worse. Bite into an apple and find half a worm.
LOL! Been there, done that.
There is a lot more involved than just this. Both plants and animals have millions of years of natural selection in which they compete and cooperate with each other. For example, a lot of animals have evolved so that they can use plant poisons against insects without harm.
Onions, garlic, hot peppers, tobacco, coffee, the list is enormous. All have evolved defenses that we now like, regard as desirable, and cultivate and improve on.
At the same time, many plants produce fruit that is *intended* to be eaten, but not the seeds within, which can pass through an animals digestion unharmed to be deposited elsewhere. Yet it is only supposed to be eaten when ripe, so changes colors to let animals know.
Examples of all the back and forth could go on for a long time, so the idea that plants can detect when they are being damaged and react to it is pretty basic.
I just always play my old Barry White 33s before approaching the garden and lull them into submission.
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