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They all come from one egg. And they never leave each other’s side.

Meet the Nine-Banded Armadillo — the only mammal known to always give birth to identical quadruplets.

Inside her armored shell, she nurtures a miracle of nature: four babies, all born from a single fertilized egg, splitting perfectly into four clones. No competition. No hierarchy. Just unity — genetically and emotionally bound.

These tiny tank-like babies arrive soft and pink, drinking side by side in complete synchrony. They’ll follow their mother in a tight-knit group for months, foraging, burrowing, and learning the ancient rhythm of survival.

And here’s a wild fact: their armor hardens over time, but their bond is born unbreakable.

A family that starts as one… walks the Earth as four.

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A groundbreaking study from Tel Aviv University, published in eLife on July 15, 2025, reveals that tomato plants emit ultrasonic sounds when under stress—specifically when dehydrated—and that these sounds can alter insect behavior.

These sounds, which are inaudible to the human ear, are detected by certain insects such as female Spodoptera littoralis moths.

In a controlled lab environment, researchers found that these moths actively avoided laying eggs on dehydrated plants that emitted ultrasonic clicks.

Remarkably, when researchers played these distress sounds through speakers near healthy plants, moths still avoided them, indicating they rely on sound rather than visual or olfactory cues to assess plant health.

When the moths' auditory abilities were blocked, they showed no preference between the healthy and stressed plants, further confirming that their behavior was sound-driven.

This research provides the first documented evidence that plant-generated sounds can directly influence insect decisions, revealing a new channel of plant-animal interaction.

The discovery challenges the traditional belief that plants communicate only through chemicals or visual cues. Scientists are optimistic that this could lead to the development of new, non-chemical pest deterrents by mimicking or amplifying stress sounds to protect crops.

Furthermore, the study opens avenues for exploring whether other animals—like bats or rodents—can also interpret plant distress acoustics in natural settings.

Overall, this research uncovers a hidden layer of ecological communication, demonstrating that plants do "talk," and that insects "listen"—an insight that could reshape both ecological theory and agricultural practices.

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