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I’ve always wondered about this. And with plants. Not that plants feel pain in a traditional sense… but when I think about greenhouses of plants purposefully being infected with diseases, it makes sense to further disease prevention, but it still makes me sad…
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2226093-recordings-reveal-that-plants-make-ultrasonic-squeals-when-stressed/
When I have low spoons and can't bring myself to water my plants, I imagine them screaming and it doesn't help lmao.