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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Are electric shocks harmful to plants?
gpt
Depends

Think of it this way, if you can feel it, so can the plant and the damage path is about the same.

Electrical current going thru a human body not only affects nerves and muscles, and that's another matter, but it's carried thru the water in your body.  Electrical current meets resistance, resistance leads to heat, heat causes burns, burns damage flesh.  A plant is no different.

Next time things are all staticy build up a nice charge of static electricity.  Then touch a plant, especially on a bright green leave.  It can leave a small brown dot when your done (may have to look really close).

However, that's high voltage low current.  Both you and the plant will recover.  Voltage, current, and exposure time make a difference.

However, plants are different in low voltage low current situations.

If you run a low voltage, low current thru your body for a long time, you'll likely not have many side effects.  Do the same to a plant and the water inside can chemically change.  Not limited to just the matter that it can separate hydrogen and oxygen from water inside the plant, which can be damaging.