Plants can talk to each other and scientists say it should make us rethink how we treat them

• Scientists in Japan observed plants sending tiny, mist-like messages to each other through the air.
• This is the first time we've seen visual evidence of plants talking to each other.
• The researchers think the plants are warning each other of dangerous threats.

That sweet, earthy smell that fills the air after cutting grass is actually a cacophony of screams in plant speak.

Like animals, plants can warn nearby neighbors that danger is afoot. But plants don't use sound to communicate.