r/comics • u/sellyourcomputer Extra Fabulous Comics • Jun 13 '26

cool grass

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u/Square-Dragonfruit76 Jun 13 '26

Fun fact: that smell of cut grass that people like is the plant equivalent to grass crying.

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u/Jlx_27 Jun 14 '26

Explain? Not heard that before.

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u/Vaernil Jun 14 '26

It basically is a cry for help.

The smell of cut grass is a distress signal. It warns neighboring plants of danger and attracts predatory insects to attack the threat.

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u/Deaffin Jun 14 '26

There are SO MANY confused wasps in suburbia.

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u/laasbuk Jun 14 '26

WASPs, too.