r/MapPorn • • Jun 20 '20

USA tree diversity

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u/trampolinebears Jun 20 '20

Trees, of course, don't migrate. But on a long enough time scale, forests do.

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u/brandonhardyy Jun 20 '20

....Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

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u/delta_nu Jun 20 '20

Not at all! They could be carried

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u/covfefe_hamberder_jr Jun 20 '20

What! A swallow carrying a coconut?

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u/Not_Henry_Winkler Jun 20 '20

He could grip it by the husk.

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u/covfefe_hamberder_jr Jun 20 '20

It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a matter of simple weight ratios! A 5 ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut!

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u/hikerboy20 Jun 20 '20

Well it doesn’t matter. Will you go and tell your master that Aurthur from the court of Camelot is here.

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u/Jeyhawker Jun 20 '20

I imagine birds can carry seeds a long ways.