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12-22-2007, 08:50 PM | #16 | |
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"It is possibly the biggest living thing on earth."
It's possible, but not very likely: Quote:
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12-22-2007, 09:25 PM | #17 |
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Welcome to the Cellar eander315.
I've read that claim, largest living thing, about a number of things. The trouble is, it's almost impossible to prove, because they're comparing apples and oranges... and pomegranates, and rutabagas, etc.
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12-23-2007, 03:48 AM | #18 |
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I'm not as trunk as you dhink I am.
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12-23-2007, 07:13 AM | #19 |
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Yea, just ask LJ.
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12-23-2007, 11:34 AM | #20 | |
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Really? I make new cells every day, but my body looks distinctly 37 all over. Minimum. Wouldn't the movement of the sap ensure a similar effect? can you only carbondate the very center of a tree to get the true age? 'Cause if so, we'll never know, even when it's very, very dead. Punters are customers to a Brit.
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12-23-2007, 10:53 PM | #21 |
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*thinks* mmm. Must upload picture of ex-wife to wikipedia
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12-24-2007, 12:00 PM | #23 |
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Concerning the "largest living thing on earth"...
I remember reading a few years ago about a fungus that was found in Wisconsin (I think) that covered (above and below ground) something like over 400 acres. One continuous (contiguous?) fungus type thingy. But, I guess it's all in how you measure "the largest living thing on earth". |
12-25-2007, 11:47 AM | #24 | |
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Oh and a fungal tidbit: Moreover, while humans and most species are divided into only two sexes, mushrooms contain over 36,000 sexes. There's an orgy goin' on in them woods. |
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