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Animal rights group PETA have warned they may become 'fruitarians' and eat 'only what falls from the tree' if it can be proven that plants feel pain. 

The vegan organisation said the 'jury is still out' on the question, but added it is possible plants have a way of experiencing pain that we do not yet understand. 

It comes after a new study suggested the plant kingdom is able to produce alarm sounds while being cut - with distressed noises coming from tomato and tobacco plants, as well as corn and the grapevines used to make cabernet sauvignon.

PETA, which promotes veganism, told MailOnline: 'The jury is still out on whether [plants] feel pain. If we discover that they can, we may all become fruitarians, eating only what falls from the tree.

'It shouldn’t come as a shock that plants make noise - likely from the formation and bursting of air bubbles in the plant’s vascular system - given that they communicate via fungal networks to warn each other of impending threats.

'But today, we know that eating plants directly, rather than feeding them in massive quantities to animals and then killing those animals for their flesh, requires fewer of them and doesn't hurt animals – who indisputably feel pain. 

'So for anyone worried about plants’ welfare, going vegan is the best option for now.'