"A news release from the University of Western Australia announced that “plants have far more complex and developed senses than we thought” with the ability to detect and respond to sounds.
In particular, fascinating research has shown that seedling roots can ‘hear’ the sound of gurgling water.
“They just knew the water was there, even if the only thing to detect was the sound of it flowing inside the pipe,” explained lead researcher Monica Gagliano. And in the instance of wet soil being offered as an alternative, the plant roots grew towards it rather than the gurgling pipe, prompting the researchers to surmise that plants use sound waves to detect water at a distance, but home in on actual moisture when it is nearer.
Dr Gagliano explained the research “indicates that the invasion of sewer pipes by tree roots may be based on the plants ‘hearing’ water and shows that their perception of their surroundings is much greater and far more complex than we previously thought.”
Where did such impressive ‘hearing’ ability come from?
According to Dr Gagliano and her co-workers, it is apparently attributable to evolution, as they have written for example that “Plants vibrate at the rhythm of an evolutionary common sense.”
But the staggering complexity of plants, with these incredible sensory capacities only now being uncovered by scientists after years of painstaking research, speaks powerfully of having been designed—on Day 3 of Creation Week (Genesis 1:11–13).
The Bible identifies this Designer as our Creator (For by him were all things created... Colossians 1:16)."
CMI
In particular, fascinating research has shown that seedling roots can ‘hear’ the sound of gurgling water.
“They just knew the water was there, even if the only thing to detect was the sound of it flowing inside the pipe,” explained lead researcher Monica Gagliano. And in the instance of wet soil being offered as an alternative, the plant roots grew towards it rather than the gurgling pipe, prompting the researchers to surmise that plants use sound waves to detect water at a distance, but home in on actual moisture when it is nearer.
Dr Gagliano explained the research “indicates that the invasion of sewer pipes by tree roots may be based on the plants ‘hearing’ water and shows that their perception of their surroundings is much greater and far more complex than we previously thought.”
Where did such impressive ‘hearing’ ability come from?
According to Dr Gagliano and her co-workers, it is apparently attributable to evolution, as they have written for example that “Plants vibrate at the rhythm of an evolutionary common sense.”
But the staggering complexity of plants, with these incredible sensory capacities only now being uncovered by scientists after years of painstaking research, speaks powerfully of having been designed—on Day 3 of Creation Week (Genesis 1:11–13).
The Bible identifies this Designer as our Creator (For by him were all things created... Colossians 1:16)."
CMI