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I wonder how the plant feels about us ripping those pungent leaves from its branches to flavor our soups or stealing its seeds to grind them into powder for our
by doodlebugging 5y ago
I wonder how the plant feels about us ripping those pungent leaves from its branches to flavor our soups or stealing its seeds to grind them into powder for our BBQ rubs. Does the sound of the combine harvester cause the wheat to envy the cow's mobility when you harvest and it has to accept the fact that it cannot escape? If you could convert the chemical signal that a plant sends to its neighbors that an insect is chewing its leaves into a sound, would that sound be a scream steadily increasing in volume as the insect crunches its way through the leaf? Would it be a mournful cry or a war whoop?
- sweetheart 5y agoYou don’t actually think plants and animals have the same capacity to suffer, so you’re not making that argument in good faith. Watch me kick a dog and a house plant and see which one you stop me from doing again.