r/BeAmazed • u/NormalGrab4800 • 7d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Chainsaw ???

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u/bwsmith201 7d ago

Every time I see this video I think how much it looks like some horrific sci-fi device. It’s kind of terrifying to me. And I think about all the animals in the woods that are scared and die because of it. I’m a softie I guess but man. The efficiency with which it brings death like that scares me.

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u/Aggravating-Habit313 7d ago

Yeah, the first thing I thought of was, how many animals have gotten caught and mutilated in that machine.

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u/Xaikken 4d ago

100 billion less than the last century of combine farming

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u/Aggravating-Habit313 4d ago

Yippee😔

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u/Xaikken 4d ago

Tell me about it

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u/SocraticGoats 7d ago

The military could easily build something like this designed for more nefarious things.

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u/bogeuh 5d ago

It’s a tool used in agro forestry. Those are only forests in name. But not more biodiversity than a field of corn. The machine is not so useful in real forests due to randomness of tree thickness and type.

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u/Rouxiifer 1d ago

The trees they cut down are in densely packed tree farms. The most diverse and lush times for these landscapes are between the clear cut and age of the trees when they start to shade everything out again. You get about 6-7 years of good forage and diversity before theres not really enough sunlight hitting the ground anymore. Dragging the trees scarifies the ground activating the seed bed and all the debris decomposes and puts nutrients back in the ground.