Female moths can use ultrasonic plant clicks when choosing where to lay eggs.

Egg-laying sounds like a decision guided by smell, leaf chemistry, and plant shape, not sound from the plant itself. In eLife research, female moths responded to ultrasonic clicks associated with dehydrated tomato plants when making oviposition choices. The wording needs care: this is not evidence that plants talk on purpose or that moths understand plant suffering. It is still a strong plant-animal surprise. A moth can use sounds humans cannot hear as a cue about whether a plant may be a good nursery for its future caterpillars.

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