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Showing posts with label Amazing Trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazing Trees. Show all posts
Carved Tree of life in Florida Disney park
The Tree of Life is a massive 145-foot masterpiece sculpted by more than a dozen artists.With 325 animal carvings on the outside, this 50-foot wide artificial tree is the centerpiece of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.This tree looks normal from a distance…..well, kinda stubby! But,look at ‘this’ as you get closer…Yes i said “Wow” Whatever you can imagine….some artist can carve….. This is some true piece of art and certainly breath taking photos. Enj...
World's Largest Trees
Giant Sequioas are the largest trees in the world. They grow to an average height of 160–279 ft. and 20–26 ft. in diameter. Record trees have been measured to be 311 ft. in height and 56 ft. in diameter. The oldest known Giant Sequoia is thought to be 3,500 years old.Also known as Giant Redwoods, these ancient giants grow only in a limited area of the western Sierra Nevada, California.Here are some interesting facts about giant redwood and sequoias:Giant RedwoodsLive up to 2,000 years oldHave branches up to 5 feet in diameterBark grows up to 12 inches thickCan reproduce either by seed or by sproutGiant SequoiasLive up to 3,200 years oldHave...
Trees Cocooned in Spiders Webs
An unexpected side-effect of the fl00ding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters. Because of the scale of the fl00ding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenonemon before – but they also report that there are now less mosquitos than they would expect, given the amoungt of stagnant, standing water that is around. It is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the spiders web thus reducing the risk of malaria, which would be...
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