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Environment & Energy

hunter

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5. Building instrumentation to "hear" the language would be a worthy goal.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 11:44 AM

Nov 2017

I'm certain dogs can hear some of it with their noses, and people too with practice.

What I want is a stick I could poke into the ground that would tap into the network of roots and fungi that tie all the trees in a forest together.

It always amuses me that we go looking for language in outer space yet we are entirely incapable of discerning, let alone understanding, non-human languages here on earth.

How would we know if anyone was trying to talk to us if we can't even understand non-human species on our own planet?

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A biologist believes that trees speak a language we can learn [View all] Judi Lynn Nov 2017 OP

Beautiful, isn't it. sandensea Nov 2017 #1

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Building instrumentation to "hear" the language would be a worthy goal. hunter Nov 2017 #5

What an excellent post! CrispyQ Nov 2017 #6

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