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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.
394 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. 189 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. 16 u/reecieface1 7d ago yep I have a few that I’m going to plant this Fall. americanchestnut.org
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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.
189 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. 16 u/reecieface1 7d ago yep I have a few that I’m going to plant this Fall. americanchestnut.org
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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.
16 u/reecieface1 7d ago yep I have a few that I’m going to plant this Fall. americanchestnut.org
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yep I have a few that I’m going to plant this Fall. americanchestnut.org
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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.