The Sound of Being Eaten

Who’s that crunch-crunching on my leaves??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Can plants sense danger before insects cause serious damage?  Taylor Paret (TAY-ler puh-RET) and team at the University of Houston studied Arabidopsis thaliana (air-uh-DOP-sis thuh-lee-AY-nuh), a tiny mustard plant.  They played recordings of

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