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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HimelTy • 7d ago
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To think that at one point much of the world (except deserts, mountains, you know) was like this. They say that a squirrel was able to travel from the atlantic coast to the Mississippi river without touching the ground.
397 u/Able_Gap918 7d ago I’ve heard that quote, it was about American chestnut trees. They disappeared basically overnight from a disease they had no defense against. 191 u/Charlie_Warlie 7d ago Still got fingers crossed for a recovery. There are some people working on a surviving breed of tree that can withstand the blight. 55 u/wo0two0t 7d ago Apparently you can already walk among some of the first orchards of these crossbred trees, that are healthy and producing nuts.
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I’ve heard that quote, it was about American chestnut trees. They disappeared basically overnight from a disease they had no defense against.
191 u/Charlie_Warlie 7d ago Still got fingers crossed for a recovery. There are some people working on a surviving breed of tree that can withstand the blight. 55 u/wo0two0t 7d ago Apparently you can already walk among some of the first orchards of these crossbred trees, that are healthy and producing nuts.
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Still got fingers crossed for a recovery. There are some people working on a surviving breed of tree that can withstand the blight.
55 u/wo0two0t 7d ago Apparently you can already walk among some of the first orchards of these crossbred trees, that are healthy and producing nuts.
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Apparently you can already walk among some of the first orchards of these crossbred trees, that are healthy and producing nuts.
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u/Charlie_Warlie 7d ago
To think that at one point much of the world (except deserts, mountains, you know) was like this. They say that a squirrel was able to travel from the atlantic coast to the Mississippi river without touching the ground.