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Old 12-22-2007, 08:50 PM   #16
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"It is possibly the biggest living thing on earth."

It's possible, but not very likely:

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Excluding multi-stem trees, the General Sherman tree, an individual Giant Sequoia with a volume of 1487 m³, would hold the title of the world's largest living organism, if measured in volume and mass.[3] This tree stands 83.8 m (274 ft 11 in) tall and the trunk alone is estimated to weigh over 2000 tons. (Wikipedia)
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Old 12-22-2007, 09:25 PM   #17
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Welcome to the Cellar eander315.

I've read that claim, largest living thing, about a number of things. The trouble is, it's almost impossible to prove, because they're comparing apples and oranges... and pomegranates, and rutabagas, etc.
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Old 12-23-2007, 03:48 AM   #18
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Old 12-23-2007, 07:13 AM   #19
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Welcome to the Cellar eander315.

I've read that claim, largest living thing, about a number of things.
Yea, just ask LJ.
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Old 12-23-2007, 11:34 AM   #20
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Hmm, but you have to find the right bit to cut off. If you get the wrong bit, it'll tell you it was born yesterday =]

Really? I make new cells every day, but my body looks distinctly 37 all over. Minimum. Wouldn't the movement of the sap ensure a similar effect? can you only carbondate the very center of a tree to get the true age? 'Cause if so, we'll never know, even when it's very, very dead.

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Old 12-23-2007, 10:53 PM   #21
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"It is possibly the biggest living thing on earth."

It's possible, but not very likely:
*thinks* mmm. Must upload picture of ex-wife to wikipedia
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Old 12-24-2007, 05:43 AM   #22
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Hey, so do we!!!!
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Old 12-24-2007, 12:00 PM   #23
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Concerning the "largest living thing on earth"...

I remember reading a few years ago about a fungus that was found in Wisconsin (I think) that covered (above and below ground) something like over 400 acres. One continuous (contiguous?) fungus type thingy. But, I guess it's all in how you measure "the largest living thing on earth".
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Old 12-25-2007, 11:47 AM   #24
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Concerning the "largest living thing on earth"...

I remember reading a few years ago about a fungus that was found in Wisconsin (I think) that covered (above and below ground) something like over 400 acres. One continuous (contiguous?) fungus type thingy. But, I guess it's all in how you measure "the largest living thing on earth".
There is an armillaria fungus in the Malheur Forest in Oregon that is bigger than the armillaria fungus in the Great North Woods at an estimated 2,200 acres. Hard to measure though, as it is mostly underground. (Mycelium is the fungus, the mushrooms are like fruit.) Apples and oranges. Or fungii and trees.

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Moreover, while humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes.

There's an orgy goin' on in them woods.
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Old 12-25-2007, 11:51 AM   #25
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I've heard tell of some in South America, I think, that were even larger.
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