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Fresh cut grass often smells like watermelon to me.
I recall the old article on broccoli “screaming”. I won’t hunt up the academic article but for ref: https://www.businessinsider.com/plants-shriek-with-high-pitched-ultrasonic-clicks-when-stressed-study-2023-3 What chorus are we missing then, as wooded lots are cleared and forest timber operations proliferate? It’s remarkable that whether or not live boiled lobsters suffered was treated as an actual question by so many, for so long. https://www.livescience.com/animals/new-study-confirms-lobsters-feel-pain-driving-scientists-to-call-for-a-ban-on-boiling-them-alive Still, ascribing “distress” to turf seems an additional stretch at this point of time. Though I’m encouraged that this framing could bring the horror of golf courses into sharper resolution.
Fresh cut grass often smells like watermelon to me.
I recall the old article on broccoli “screaming”. I won’t hunt up the academic article but for ref: https://www.businessinsider.com/plants-shriek-with-high-pitched-ultrasonic-clicks-when-stressed-study-2023-3

What chorus are we missing then, as wooded lots are cleared and forest timber operations proliferate? It’s remarkable that whether or not live boiled lobsters suffered was treated as an actual question by so many, for so long. https://www.livescience.com/animals/new-study-confirms-lobsters-feel-pain-driving-scientists-to-call-for-a-ban-on-boiling-them-alive
Still, ascribing “distress” to turf seems an additional stretch at this point of time. Though I’m encouraged that this framing could bring the horror of golf courses into sharper resolution.