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The sound plants make when you hurt them (E53)

The Adam Ragusea Podcast

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The Sound of Tomato Pain

Scientists put tomato plants into an acoustically isolated box with two microphones on it. The scientists had to record at 500,000 samples per second. To make them audible, I stretched those sounds out 800%. For contrast, here's my voice slowed down 800%.

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