MS Plant
ms paint tree
Submitted 23 hours ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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cnlwhs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
Akasazh@feddit.nl 13 hours ago
I have read of an African folk take where baobab trees were the result of some deity pulling them out of the ground and punting then back in upside down.
ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
but isn’t that just the most efficient arrangement in a crowded forest where each tree elbows its neighbours out of the way for whatever sunlight they can get?
why waste energy in making branches and leaves low down when they’ll forever be in the shade?
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
Even in baobab forest pictures they seem far enough apart for sunlight not to be an issue. I’d hazard either an environmental or animal caused adaptation (but I can’t seem to find anything about why).
I’d also say for forests in general “crown shyness” means if they get similar enough height they usually avoid one another rather than compete.
DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
Aren’t baobabs absolutely ancient species of trees?
It could be that they evolved before trees figured shit out, and just… Never needed to change after that.
200ok@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Bonsai end game
MuchNeededRest@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
Toy Story tree.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
It’s pronounced M-SPAINT