Oct 17, 2010: Mighty Trees

What the terrorists don't understand, is how big we are.
Why just look at one of our trees...



Take that, doody heads.

there's a whole sub ecosystem up there at the top of those trees. fascinating stuff

And right now, Rush Limbaugh is looking at that picture and saying to himself, "What good is that tree unless it gets cut down and turned into lumber to be sold so someone can make a profit off of it?"

Gotta do it.

Metoometoometoo!!

OMG, that Rush song is one of my favorites. :::applause:::

My love for Rush is very nearly equal to my love for Cat . . . .

I think it's better as a poem than as a song.

Those Hobbits can climb that thing all they want - it's not going to help the Ent council reach a decision any faster.

Well if its a tree video thing we got going on, I love this one by Stereophonics, wonder how many matches would be made of Bruces massive trunk?

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Originally Posted by LasloHlyfeld Those Hobbits can climb that thing all they want - it's not going to help the Ent council reach a decision any faster.

Is that tree from the National Geographic article a couple months ago?

That's a mighty big tree, Lou.

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Originally Posted by Bullitt Is that tree from the National Geographic article a couple months ago?

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Originally Posted by Elspode And right now, Rush Limbaugh is looking at that picture and saying to himself, "What good is that tree unless it gets cut down and turned into lumber to be sold so someone can make a profit off of it?"

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Originally Posted by spudcon I wonder how many tree huggers are living in stick frame housing?

I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and almost everyone else feels the same. Conservatives are not the monsters they are portrayed to be.

yep; it's from NatGeo; and a composite of 84 images

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/re...gatefold-image

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Originally Posted by Bullitt Is that tree from the National Geographic article a couple months ago?

so how many giant trees in a chilean mine rescue shaft?

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Originally Posted by Cloud yep; it's from NatGeo; and a composite of 84 images

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Originally Posted by spudcon I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and almost everyone else feels the same. Conservatives are not the monsters they are portrayed to be.

Zing 2 had a biology teacher who's wife is a professional competitive tree climber. I bet she'd like that tree.

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Originally Posted by Elspode And right now, Rush Limbaugh is looking at that picture and saying to himself, "What good is that tree unless it gets cut down and turned into lumber to be sold so someone can make a profit off of it?"

"Professional competitive tree climber." How's that for a conversation starter at cocktail parties. I wonder what a headhunter would do with a resume like that.

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Originally Posted by k012957 when that tree is cut down, turned into lumber, and made into a THOUSAND MILLION professional baseball bats or concert grand pianos."

No baseball bats from redwood, pianos either, as far as I know.

Good point. Lots of Decks or planters then.

What a tree! Perspective is nice though. We need a bunch of these beauties, to show our kids what they can be, but a really mature redwood forest is almost barren of wildlife and other plant species.

Redwood tree's have a way of directing rain downward to their own roots, (leaving the other area's rather dry), and the thick duff they drop to the forest floor, inhibits other plants from growing.

The herbivores leave, because there is so little food for them. The birds leave because the plants and the seeds they eat - even the worms - are more scarce or harder to find. The predators leave because their prey has left.

That's why the Indians burned the forests, periodically. If it wouldn't burn, they had to move on, or get other food to supplement the lean pickings available in the forest.

You don't want to do a survival course in a mature growth Redwood forest. There's very little to eat. Water is no problem, but food is. Here's a documentary on one outdoorsman, that tried it, in the Canadian wilderness:

http://www.fastpasstv.com/tv/alone-in-the-wild/

In a mature coniferous forest.

Mature evergreen forests are nice, but they aren't the epitome of Mother Earth at her most bountiful - far from it.

What, no spotted owls?
That forest is nice for camping though. Minimum intrusion by insects, slithery stuff, man eaters, poison ivy, and Jehovah's Witnesses.