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		archsurface on Sept 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plants can detect sound "Plants don't have ears." - Learn something new every day.

emidoots on Sept 18, 2023 | [–]

This seems verifiably false, too. Why else would it be called an 'ear' of corn?

eclecticfrank on Sept 18, 2023 | [–]

Don't trust everything on the internet. At least some plants have ears. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_(botany)

archsurface on Sept 18, 2023 | [–]

Equivocation fallacy.

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