This Tree Is As Old As The Great Pyramid

[Road Runner]

Wow, I didn't know that trees lived this long. I knew that they lived a long time, but not this long!!

 

[westwall]

Wow, I didn't know that trees lived this long. I knew that they lived a long time, but not this long!!

That old guy is about 5 hours south of me by car. And the tree pictured isn't him/her.

 

[Muhammed]

Chop it down and count it's rings.

 

[westwall]

Chop it down and count it's rings.

Those are grounds to get shot, bucko....

 

[Road Runner]

Those are grounds to get shot, bucko....

Really?

 

[westwall]

Really?

Yeah, really. Kill the oldest living thing on Earth? You have to be criminally stupid to do that sort of shit.

 

[toobfreak]

Wow, I didn't know that trees lived this long.

If the tree is alive then where are its leaves?

Gee, I bet that wood would sure make a great smoking pipe!

 

[Road Runner]

Yeah, really. Kill the oldest living thing on Earth? You have to be criminally stupid to do that sort of shit.

Good point.

If the tree is alive then where are its leaves?

I'm not sure.

 

[westwall]

Good point.



I'm not sure.

The leaves are the little green needles that you see. That's how the tree conserves water in the arid environment.

 

[Auld Phart]

Wow, I didn't know that trees lived this long. I knew that they lived a long time, but not this long!!

I remember planting it.

 

[toobfreak]

Yeah, really. Kill the oldest living thing on Earth? You have to be criminally stupid to do that sort of shit.

Actually, I think stromatolites are the oldest. That tree is a mere piker.

 

[westwall]

Actually, I think stromatolites are the oldest. That tree is a mere piker.

Stromatolites are "colonies". Not single organisms. And we haven't really been able to figure out the ages of some of the organisms located around the black smokers in the ocean depths.

 

[Road Runner]

The leaves are the little green needles that you see. That's how the tree conserves water in the arid environment.

I'm not seeing the needles though.

 

[westwall]

I'm not seeing the needles though.

That's because they are small.

 

[toobfreak]

Stromatolites are "colonies". Not single organisms. And we haven't really been able to figure out the ages of some of the organisms located around the black smokers in the ocean depths.

Point taken. Still, when I see that tree, the first thing that comes to mind is that when it dies, the fight over the wood in it being sold to the highest bidder to be sliced up and sold to make tables and hearths and things for rich people with cash to burn. BIG money in that stuff these days.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I remember planting it.

that was you?.....

 

[Auld Phart]

that was you?.....

I was a regular Jonny Appleseed in those days.

 

[1srelluc]

Reminds me of the Juniper tree they found a Winchester Model 1873 leaning against.

Forgotten Winchester - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Meh, a new stock-set and re-line and it would be GTG.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I was a regular Jonny Appleseed in those days.

i mean i saw you plant it.....i was the guy that all the females were around ....

 

[Vastator]

Damn that's old. Considering Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landings; than the construction of the pyramids. By a lot...