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Wouldn't it be cool tho? You could go up to a tree that's super old and ask it about the world, and it would take an entire day to spell a word in a language you don't understand. And house plants would be chit chatting and making all kinds of noise inaudible to us, kinda like WiFi, but with sound instead of light. It's like a fantasy setting
When I was a little kid my mother always stopped by ancient trees to admire them. "Imagine if it could tell us what it has seen".
I think there's plot material in your comment.
There is and it's called The Lord of the Rings...
I remember reading an old sci-fi novel about a specific type of alien ancient sentient tree... The Leaves of October.
It was... Okay. More of a collection of short stories around the central theme. Still interesting, though. Haven't thought about that book in decades!
This is the plot of an episode of the anime "mushishi" called "tree of eternity", IIRC.
"A Monster Calls" has a very similar premise. Mother, Child, and psychic Tree.
I strongly recommend it.
You're basically describing elephants.
They have a deep, rich language of sub-acoustic rumbling and vibrations that can travel long distances. They have names for each other, and they have words for things like "human" and "bad human."
That's basically just how it is though. This meme is not at all supported by science
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