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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 10003205" data-attributes="member: 91140">If  you're a vegetarian or animal rights activist, chances are you've had  this argument before. When you mention that you have compassion for  animals, someone points out that plants have  feelings too, and those carrots you were happily eating a second ago  are actually screaming in some supersonic range. Sure, it's ridiculous.  But could it be true? <a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LZDkC3dZPBw/TYmgcBuTwSI/AAAAAAAACFQ/5ih3AdhKgAU/s1600/screeming+vegitable.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LZDkC3dZPBw/TYmgcBuTwSI/AAAAAAAACFQ/5ih3AdhKgAU/s320/screeming+vegitable.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  In his book Primary Perception,  fringe scientist Cleve Baxter described a number of experiments that he  conducted with plants, testing their response to various stimuli. In  many cases, the plants were attached to a polygraph (lie-detector),  which measured the electrical impulses of their leaves. While the plants  did respond with high levels of stress to certain events, they tended  to react most strongly to wanton destruction such as an experimenter  smashing or setting fire to an entire plant. Little response was  recorded in relation to less dramatic acts like pulling off a few  leaves. This research suggests that plants may feel something like pain,  fear, or at least discomfort in certain cases. However, the amount of  stress that plants undergo through normal farming practices may be  insignificant, and in any case there might be ways that this impact  could be reduced in the future. Of  course, these studies can hardly be considered conclusive. Luckily,  it's not incredibly important to answer this question from an animal  rights perspective, because regardless of the answer you're  better off eating plants. The fact is, almost all animals used for  food are herbivores, and the amount of plant matter they must eat in  order to produce a significant amount of edible meat is many times  higher than the amount of plants used in a vegetarian diet. So, whether  those carrots are screaming or not, the plants and the animals should be  thanking you for your compassionate choices. <a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SLx-N_huNKw/TYmjG1O1xoI/AAAAAAAACFY/lpN-eCvhD_s/s1600/vegetables-market.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SLx-N_huNKw/TYmjG1O1xoI/AAAAAAAACFY/lpN-eCvhD_s/s400/vegetables-market.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Relevant links: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10598926" target="_blank">Plants Can Think and Remember | BBC Science and Environment</a> [*]<a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/plants/news-feeling-plants-how-sensitive-flora" target="_blank">Do Plants feel Pain</a> [*]<a href="http://ds9.botanik.uni-bonn.de/zellbio/AG-Baluska-Volkmann/plantneuro/neuroview.php" target="_blank">Neurobiology</a> [*]<a href="http://www.viewzone.com/plants.html" target="_blank">Do Plants have feelings?</a> [*]<a href="http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-07/study-unveils-plant-nervous-system-illuminating-how-plants-remember-and-react" target="_blank">Can plants think?</a></li> </ul></blockquote>

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