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  • #16
    Cool trees
    Quendelie axan!

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    • #17
      The Tree of Ténéré or L’Abre du Ténéré was the world’s most isolated tree - the solitary acacia, which grew in the Sahara desert in Niger, Africa, was the only tree within more than 250 miles (400 km) around.

      The tree was the last surviving member of a group of acacias that grew when the desert wasn’t as dry. When scientists dug a hole near the tree, they found its roots went down as deep as 120 feet (36 m) below to the water table!

      Apparently, being the only tree in that part of the wide-open desert (remember: there wasn’t another tree for 250 miles around), wasn’t enough to stop a drunk Libyan truck driver from driving his truck into it, knocking it down and killing it!
      ROFL!!
      Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Asmodean


        ROFL!!
        Wild guess - you have read Ørkenjagt.
        With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

        Steven Weinberg

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        • #19
          The Larch
          Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
          Iain Banks missed deadline due to Civ | The eyes are the groin of the head. - Dwight Schrute.
          One more turn .... One more turn .... | WWTSD

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          • #20
            I feel a bit of Monty Python coming on...
            Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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            • #21
              Originally posted by BlackCat


              Wild guess - you have read Ørkenjagt.
              Actually, no I find it to be funny in it's own right

              Asmodean
              Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark

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              • #22
                Originally posted by MOBIUS
                I feel a bit of Monty Python coming on...
                Number One ....

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                • #23
                  Wollemi Pine

                  The Wollemi Pine is one of the world's oldest and rarest plants dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. With less than 100 adult trees known to exist in the wild, the Wollemi Pine is now the focus of extensive research to safeguard its survival.
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Snotty
                    Wollemi Pine
                    ... With less than 100 adult trees known to exist in the wild, the Wollemi Pine is now the focus of extensive research to safeguard its survival.
                    I guess the best we have come up with is a metal barrier around the base?
                    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                    • #25
                      You can still easily pee on it through the bars while drunk and kill it that way.
                      "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                      "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                      "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                      "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Cort Haus


                        They've been doctored and fused from two or more trees to grow that way.
                        ...as the twig is bent, so grows the tree.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by OzzyKP
                          There's no way that arch one is real. I'm rather skeptical of the ladder one too.
                          Their real. They're just grafted trees instead of natural trees. By grafting parts of different trees of the same species you can make all sorts of shapes though it can take decades for the trees to finish growing.
                          Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                          • #28
                            Wollemi Pines can now be bought in the US for $99.99 from the National Geographic society. The money raised goes towards research and conservation of the species.
                            Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Asmodean


                              ROFL!!
                              Interesting, I heard the exact same story about a tree in Nullarbor Australia.
                              One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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                              • #30
                                Monkey Puzzle Trees in general

                                Lysistrata: It comes down to this: Only we women can save Greece.
                                Kalonike: Only we women? Poor Greece!

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