random thread about old trees

[KiiiiNG]

In 1964 a guy applied for permission to cut down a tree. A tree suspected to be the oldest living thing in the history of the world.

He tried to get a core sample to count the rings but his tool thing broke so he asked to cut it down. And they ****ing let him.

He cut it down and it was aged at over 4800 years old. They let a guy cut down a nearly 5000 yearold tree just to see how old it was before they killed it?

Generally speaking....I dont care about nature. **** a tree. But that bugs me a bit. The current oldest known living thing is another tree that the government protects now. Its a little younger than the cut down one and is in southern california in a secret location in a huge forest to prevent anyone from ****ing with it. Carving a name in it or some bullshit.


How much trouble do you think you get into for say....carving the ISH logo into the tree if you knew which it was?

[DeuceWallaces]

I'd kill you myself.

[Draz]

I'd kill you myself.
:roll:

[gigantes]

The current oldest known living thing is another tree that the government protects now. Its a little younger than the cut down one and is in southern california in a secret location in a huge forest to prevent anyone from ****ing with it.
are you talking about a giant redwood?

there's a tree that's even older... a bristlecone pine 5,060+ yrs old... and a clonal norway spruce that's 9,500+ yrs old in sweden.

technically there are even older living things in the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-living_organisms

[JerrySeinfeld]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BZ78uc1CEAAjbtr.jpg

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Trees are absolutely amazing.

http://www.amirfatir.com/the-wisdom-of-the-tree.html


To JerrySeinfield above me,
Great Flood is symbolic of something.
Ask yourself, what is that something.

[JohnnySic]

Cutting down a tree that old should bring an automatic death penalty.

[BigNBAfan]

did they release his name? what a dick