Do trees have feelings too?

[Haironyourchest]

I'll just leave this here....(Lady has a relationship with a tree called "Tim" and wants to marry him)

 

https://plantintelligence.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/im-in-love-with-a-tree-its-the-best-sex-i-ever-had/

[Kveldssanger]

Tree marriage was - and still is - something that occurs in India, with the Hindus. As in, people getting married to trees, or marrying trees to other trees. It's all related to their religion and superstition / auspicious happenings.

 

I did laugh at the use of the word dendrophilia.

[oldwoodcutter]

A funny thing happened one day years ago which made me wonder at the time if trees had feelings. We were cutting the roots through with a dozer blade of a mature oak with a view to winching the whole tree over and getting it out of this building site. After a few of the main laterals had been sliced through, the whole tree in full leaf just stood there and shook violently for I suppose a few seconds. Never seen it before or since , but never forgot that.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

A funny thing happened one day years ago which made me wonder at the time if trees had feelings. We were cutting the roots through with a dozer blade of a mature oak with a view to winching the whole tree over and getting it out of this building site. After a few of the main laterals had been sliced through, the whole tree in full leaf just stood there and shook violently for I suppose a few seconds. Never seen it before or since , but never forgot that.

 

Changing stress profiles?

 

Or just plain spooky!

[Haironyourchest]

I heard an old belief in Ireland is if you tell a tree you're going to fell it, the other trees around will faint with shock. So you must always tell a neighbouring tree that you intend to fell it - not the actual tree - so your actual target will faint and you can fell it while it's unconscious to spare it the pain.

[TGB]

Answer to original post. If they do, we're all going straight to hell come judgement day. All those teeth ripping into woody flesh.

[oldwoodcutter]

I had a feeling there would be a comedian along afore long haironyourchest

[SteveA]

My psychiatreeist says they do.

cheers, steve

[Kveldssanger]

My psychiatreeist says they do.

cheers, steve

 

Alright leaf it out.

[SteveA]

Alright leaf it out.

 

Oakay.

cheers, steve