Maybe Charles was right after all: British scientists reveal
plants really do talk By Tamara Cohen He was mocked for
conversing with crocuses and the like, but Prince Charles may
have been on to something. New research suggests plants not only
respond to sound but communicate with each other with ‘clicking’
noises. It is yet more evidence that while they appear to be
passively swaying in the breeze, plants are in fact actively
communicating with each other in a constant chatter. Scientists
claim to have found the first solid evidence that plants
communicate in their own language of noises which are inaudible
to human ears Scientists at Bristol University used powerful
loudspeakers to listen to corn saplings – and heard clicking
sounds coming from their roots. When they suspended their roots
in water and played a continuous noise at a similar frequency to
the clicks, they found the plants grew towards it. Plants are
known to grow towards light, and research earlier this year from
Exeter University found cabbag