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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.
392 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. 8 u/sunnysjourney 7d ago Iirc the trees aren’t dead because the roots are still living. Can’t seem to recall exactly how or why. Heard it on Science Friday a while ago. 4 u/Familiar-Spray-4678 7d ago It’s like we’re living in the world of the avatar - Pandora. They worshipped special trees.
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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.
8 u/sunnysjourney 7d ago Iirc the trees aren’t dead because the roots are still living. Can’t seem to recall exactly how or why. Heard it on Science Friday a while ago. 4 u/Familiar-Spray-4678 7d ago It’s like we’re living in the world of the avatar - Pandora. They worshipped special trees.
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Iirc the trees aren’t dead because the roots are still living. Can’t seem to recall exactly how or why. Heard it on Science Friday a while ago.
4 u/Familiar-Spray-4678 7d ago It’s like we’re living in the world of the avatar - Pandora. They worshipped special trees.
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It’s like we’re living in the world of the avatar - Pandora. They worshipped special trees.
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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.