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I am astounded that no one has mentioned "The Sound Machine" by Roald Dahl (1949), in which a scientist invents a machine that makes ultrasonic sounds audible t
by mcswell 4y ago
I am astounded that no one has mentioned "The Sound Machine" by Roald Dahl (1949), in which a scientist invents a machine that makes ultrasonic sounds audible to humans. He discovers that plants scream when cut. You can read it at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-machine https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...
- papandada 4y agoI wonder if this is the source of a Jack Handey joke: "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason."
- aarondia 4y agoThis reminds me of an Upton Sinclair quote: “was one to believe that there was nowhere a god of hogs, to whine this hog personality was precious. To whome these hog squeals and agonies had meaning?”
- Runeite51 4y agoThat was a cool read. It took me on a long journey to find references to it... seems like there's actually some truth to it.
- mathstuf 4y agoI think the BFG could also hear the screams of trees as they were being chopped down.
- codetrotter 4y agoSources online agree with you. > The BFG could hear the tread of a ladybird's footsteps as she walks across a leaf, the whispering of ants as they carry around in the soil talking to one another, and the sudden shrill cry of pain a tree gives out when a woodman cuts into it with an axe. https://www.icsestudyguide.com/2020/10/class-5-english-literature-big-friendly.html?m=1 https://www.icsestudyguide.com/2020/10/class-5-english-liter...
- irony123 4y agohttps://youtu.be/QDiUvLl3zpg https://youtu.be/QDiUvLl3zpg was also an episode of Tales of the Unexpected