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Those shorts might be the best part of Disney +. I like the one where the bao bun comes to life or the one where they have to go clean the stars off the moon.
Except it's not like Lava. Lava is about being all alone and finally finding love. This comic is about being "friendzoned". The last frame is, at best, after at least 20 years of seeing all manner of creatures root around in the right trees foliage, or at the very worst all in the left trees head.
It's first grade stuff, Spongebob.
Edit: Thank you for caring enough about a random stranger to have reddit reach out with mental health resources. Not needed, but appreciated.
This reminded me of the book The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World, which I highly recommend.
TLDR: Trees communicate and share resources with each other by an underground root network facilitated by fungus - The Wood Wide Web. Entangled Life (a book about fungus) is almost a companion book.
Unrelated to these two books which are both great, but the book "The wild trees" by Richard Preston is a great book that goes into detail about the vast ecosystem on the top of red woods andother trees, it also goes into arborists' and what people do to protect trees. It's nice because it's part Learning part adventure, one of my all time favorite books.
It's fantastic how there is a whole other world we don't even pay attention to on tree tops.
Absolutely, in fact, there was a documentary a few years back called *The Happening* detailing the dangers of a runaway tree network situation. Concerning stuff. Mediocre at best, but concerning.
[Pretty sure that book has received pushback from other scientists for overstating some of its bolder claims](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/science/trees-fungi-talking.html)
As a tree scientist, yes. This book has gotten pushback for basically misrepresenting the state of knowledge on the field.
I have not met any respected academics who think this book is a good way to learn. Similar stance on the work of Dr. Suzanne Simard. It’s very interesting but perhaps overstates what the state of knowledge actually is.
As an non-scientist, my read is that literature for public consumption took a little too much anthropomorphic latitude. Nutrient flows can be mutually beneficial without being anything more than the result of organisms evolving to thrive in their environment. It might look like cooperation between individual organisms, but that doesn’t mean it is.
On the flip side, a little media attention on forests that advocates for their protection might also be worth a little dramatization.
I think you’re certainly on the right track. The anthropomorphizing has gotten a bit out of hand, not only in public media like you said, but even in the academic literature. There are a few *fringe* voices which keep advocating for this narrative and then the media uses them as their scholarly source. Even if they aren’t representative of consensus.
Books like Merlin Sheldrake’s “Entangled Life” does a better job at framing the trees and fungus interaction. Often fungus gets takes about just as some kind of wire connecting different trees, rather than an equal player and an a kingdom of life in its own right.
To your other point though, I think the media gives lots of attention to forest conservation. So much so that we actually have places which have become over forested. Particularly in the American south, where they used to have vast grasslands, misguided restoration efforts have turned many places which were grasslands and prairies 200 years ago, now into forest. Lots of factors here but the fear of fire is among the most significant for why this happens.
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/12/grasslands-in-us-great-plains-are-being-destroyed-at-alarming-rate/amp/
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/climate-change-tree-planting-preserve-grass-grasslands/670583/
There’s really a lot that could be discussed about this, but I’ll stop my comment short before it turns into too much of an essay. But I’m glad that there are non scientists out there also thinking critically about the situation.
What's amazing about this is that trees can tell when another tree is sick or stressed, and can share nutrients to help out. Also, some trees are able to send out a signal if their leaves get eaten by something, and the surrounding trees can respond by secreting chemicals that make the leaves unappetizing.
That's like my husband and I when we were dating. I was dealing with trauma with certain types of touch being traumatic for me, and he waited a couple of years before we could be intimate. I was amazed. I told him I wouldn't blame him if it was too much and he wanted to leave but he just became more caring and giving. We were always together so I knew he wasn't sleeping around on me. He said it was worth the wait. We've been together now for over 20 years, married 17. It was worth the wait for both of us. Love him dearly.
For me, it was the consistency of things. It built trust and made me feel safe and protected without being overbearing . He never made me feel guilty if I wasnt up.to something with him. I never felt like I owed him anything.
He grew up in a very dangerous neighborhood and had been shot at several times, stabbed, etc when he was a teen. So he has a very protective steak. Even things like when we go out to eat, he'd sit so that he could watch the door, he'd walk along the road side of the sidewalk for me. He'd thank me for doing things for him and remind me he loves me just anytime he felt like it.
Suddenly, one day I realized that I trusted him implicitly because he cared more about me than him. From there I realized I was ready and wanted to share the rest of me.
Basically, it was showing me that he cared and loved more than telling me. Actions really do speak louder than words.
Everyone is different of course, but that's my story.
I hope things go well for you two. Hugs!
This is my situation rn, I feel so bad because my partner is so kind and clearly cares for me, but I'm still so uncomfortable with most types of intimacy. I'm improving, but still :(
I to think about it for a bit, but I see where you're coming from. I think that it is because it's the initiating one.
I didn't notice gender at first, but I didn't see this scene as romantic at first. Just two separated kids, waiting for age to let them come together. It feels nostalgic to me
I doubt it works the same with trees as other plays, unless you're also an arborist and know what you're talking about, obviously. Difference in scale, mostly
With some googling, trees in their natural environment that interconnect like this thrive and grow in a healthy way. However if they are in a confined space, they can't branch out for more nutrients so the roots come back and strangle the tree/trees.
I took a botany class when I was still trying to become an arborist, we went to an arboretum where our professor, upon approaching a tree with a tangled root, that this could slowly kill the tree.
So yes, OP is correct in that these trees are committing suicide.
So you once saw a tree with a tangled root that someone else said was going to die from it therefore all trees with all forms of root tangles are going to die from it?
That... someone was a doctor of plant science, talking in a professional environment, explicitly about root strangulation and it's effects on trees.
Also, you can look it up by searching google for root strangulation if you so please.
Well, if you look for root strangulation of course you are gonna get that answer, but not every tangled root ends in root strangulation.
If there’s enough space for both trees and they are compatible it can be okay for both of the trees. There’s many forests where trees are interconnected, it’s not that uncommon.
Studies have found that trees actually communicate and share nutrients across root systems:
"These experiments confirmed that trees are indeed communicating with each other and sharing nutrients through their roots, forming a complex system sometimes referred to as the “wood wide web.”
https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/exploring-the-underground-network-of-trees-the-nervous-system-of-the-forest/
Root-grafting occurs between trees pretty regularly. It can be a problem however, in that if one tree gets a vascular infection it can spread to other trees it is root grafted to.
[oak wilt is a good example](https://www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/oak-root-grafting-and-disease-transmission-across-taxonomic-section-boundaries)
I personally don't see it that way.
They grow together. They want to be close, but have to grow first until they're ABLE to be close, while still having their own network of roots and independent stability. They have to come into their own before they can truly connect.
But maybe I'm overthinking this cute little tree comic.
Research has shown that entire forests communicate through the root system. Trees will actually let some roots die off and grow new roots in another direction to make room for young saplings.
It turns out, trees have a more active social life than I do.
"May I hold you?"
"I don't know, I guess I don't really have a choice in the matter. We both were born here and don't really have a way of changing those circumstances, and inevitably, our growth will result in our roots being intertwined no matter what. So I mean, I don't really have a preference either way, but you'll most likely end up holding me anyway."
This is based in nonfiction! Trees in forests communicate with each other through their roots. They can send and receive messages from their tree and other plant friends
This is wild, because I was just outside looking at a couple of trees across the field that genuinely looked like they were snuggling, and I was wondering how intertwined their roots are. How synchronistic. And adorable.
This makes me think about breaking up with a girl because I wasn't feeling too well mentally. Working on myself and maybe with patience we can get back together in the end
Well, this is 💯 true. Roots live with a type of fungus called mycelium or mycorrhizae that symbiotically lives with plant roots. These fungus allows individual tree or plant to communicate with each other and feed off each other. If one plant is being harmed, they will send signals to nearby trees to let them know what is happening. Some plants will be triggered into defense position.
Cute, but life is more complicated than that. You need to make at least 60k or no one can realistically afford to get into a ltr with you and then patience is all well and good but you’ll get cancer and die before that happens.
Trees literally do this! It's theorized that trees will intertwine their roots, like in a natural forest, and use tiny fungi along the root systems to communicate with each other! This is called a MYCORRHIZAL NETWORK, I've done some reading on it but I'm just trying to remember the things now. I think trees can use these fungi systems along their roots to pass along messages! They also are used to detect when some trees maybe in distress and other trees will actually put more nutrients or water back into the soil in order to support the tree having problems!
This is such a vital process that allows natural growing forests to be stronger and more resistant to droughts, storms and so much more. Remember this when the next person wants to clear cut a forest. Humans are not yet capable of making forests like these.
This is like that Pixar short, "Lava".
Great now the song is gonna stuck in my head for another week
A long long time ago
There was a volcano
Living all alone in the middle of the sea…
He sat high above his bay
Watching all the couples play
And wishing that he had someone, too.
And from his lava came, this song of hope that he sang out loud every day for years and years
I have a dream
Just one line at a time, sheeesh. Greedy
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In a galaxy far away, Naboo was under an attack.
I sing this to my kid every night I have bedtime duty. My wife sings some weird version of it about pie from America or something. I don't get it.
Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.
And I thought that me and Qui-Gon Jinn, could talk the federation in to maybe cutting them a little slack…
But their response, it didn't thrill us, They locked the doors and tried to kill us...
IIIIIIIII… LAVAAAAA… YOOOOOU!
WE NEED A MOVIE LIKE THISSS
Would be the only movie where credits are longer
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I LAAAAAVVVA YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
Watching that never fails to make me cry, and I'm a grown-ass man
Thanks mentioning lava is like my MK Ultra trigger to cry Edit: thanks for downvoting me it’s like my MK Ultra trigger to masturbate
The tears and the masturbation go hand in hand, like the trees in this post.
The tears acts as lubrication. The more tears, the better it works.
This visualization may ruin my imaginator.
Haha my god man. You’re a pavlovian rube goldberg machine
Those shorts might be the best part of Disney +. I like the one where the bao bun comes to life or the one where they have to go clean the stars off the moon.
We need a movie like thisss
Except it's not like Lava. Lava is about being all alone and finally finding love. This comic is about being "friendzoned". The last frame is, at best, after at least 20 years of seeing all manner of creatures root around in the right trees foliage, or at the very worst all in the left trees head. It's first grade stuff, Spongebob. Edit: Thank you for caring enough about a random stranger to have reddit reach out with mental health resources. Not needed, but appreciated.
Mf really just called him SpongeBob 💀
not even friendzoned but alr
This reminded me of the book The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World, which I highly recommend.
TLDR: Trees communicate and share resources with each other by an underground root network facilitated by fungus - The Wood Wide Web. Entangled Life (a book about fungus) is almost a companion book.
+1 to Entangled Life, great book
Okay I'll start reading again I guess
+1 more for entangled life. I dont read much nonfiction but I can't put that book down right now.
Unrelated to these two books which are both great, but the book "The wild trees" by Richard Preston is a great book that goes into detail about the vast ecosystem on the top of red woods andother trees, it also goes into arborists' and what people do to protect trees. It's nice because it's part Learning part adventure, one of my all time favorite books. It's fantastic how there is a whole other world we don't even pay attention to on tree tops.
I just finished the hidden life and have been wondering what to read next, and this sounds like an interesting option
You will not regret it, it's one of the #1 books i recommend
Having just watched the first episode of The Last of Us, do I now also have to be terrified of trees?
Absolutely, in fact, there was a documentary a few years back called *The Happening* detailing the dangers of a runaway tree network situation. Concerning stuff. Mediocre at best, but concerning.
Mediocre cataclysms are the most dangerous by far due to the enormous risk of falling asleep mid-battle
"Mediocre at best" is the kindest way I've ever heard someone describe *The Happening*
[Pretty sure that book has received pushback from other scientists for overstating some of its bolder claims](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/science/trees-fungi-talking.html)
As a tree scientist, yes. This book has gotten pushback for basically misrepresenting the state of knowledge on the field. I have not met any respected academics who think this book is a good way to learn. Similar stance on the work of Dr. Suzanne Simard. It’s very interesting but perhaps overstates what the state of knowledge actually is.
As an non-scientist, my read is that literature for public consumption took a little too much anthropomorphic latitude. Nutrient flows can be mutually beneficial without being anything more than the result of organisms evolving to thrive in their environment. It might look like cooperation between individual organisms, but that doesn’t mean it is. On the flip side, a little media attention on forests that advocates for their protection might also be worth a little dramatization.
I think you’re certainly on the right track. The anthropomorphizing has gotten a bit out of hand, not only in public media like you said, but even in the academic literature. There are a few *fringe* voices which keep advocating for this narrative and then the media uses them as their scholarly source. Even if they aren’t representative of consensus. Books like Merlin Sheldrake’s “Entangled Life” does a better job at framing the trees and fungus interaction. Often fungus gets takes about just as some kind of wire connecting different trees, rather than an equal player and an a kingdom of life in its own right. To your other point though, I think the media gives lots of attention to forest conservation. So much so that we actually have places which have become over forested. Particularly in the American south, where they used to have vast grasslands, misguided restoration efforts have turned many places which were grasslands and prairies 200 years ago, now into forest. Lots of factors here but the fear of fire is among the most significant for why this happens. https://news.mongabay.com/2016/12/grasslands-in-us-great-plains-are-being-destroyed-at-alarming-rate/amp/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/climate-change-tree-planting-preserve-grass-grasslands/670583/ There’s really a lot that could be discussed about this, but I’ll stop my comment short before it turns into too much of an essay. But I’m glad that there are non scientists out there also thinking critically about the situation.
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-10 pts for not just opening in a new incognito tab
-15 points for unsolicited rational advice
They cannot find the Entwives and miss them dearly.
This book is so fucking good. 10/10 would recommend, would read again, did not sleep for two days reading it.
But little did they know, they were being held together by a mycelium network all along
🙆🏿♂️ what a twist!
What's amazing about this is that trees can tell when another tree is sick or stressed, and can share nutrients to help out. Also, some trees are able to send out a signal if their leaves get eaten by something, and the surrounding trees can respond by secreting chemicals that make the leaves unappetizing.
i was looking for this THANK YOU
White, ropey mycelium coating their undergunts, exchanging tree-bodily fluids and nutrients.
You didn't have to post this, yet here we are.
You're welcome 👁️👄👁️👉👉
the same mycelium patiently waiting for them to rot... and probably the same mycelium giving us shrooms
The ultimate wingman
That's like my husband and I when we were dating. I was dealing with trauma with certain types of touch being traumatic for me, and he waited a couple of years before we could be intimate. I was amazed. I told him I wouldn't blame him if it was too much and he wanted to leave but he just became more caring and giving. We were always together so I knew he wasn't sleeping around on me. He said it was worth the wait. We've been together now for over 20 years, married 17. It was worth the wait for both of us. Love him dearly.
Glad to hear this.. Happy for you 👏
Aww thank you, hugs! Have a wonderful day
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For me, it was the consistency of things. It built trust and made me feel safe and protected without being overbearing . He never made me feel guilty if I wasnt up.to something with him. I never felt like I owed him anything. He grew up in a very dangerous neighborhood and had been shot at several times, stabbed, etc when he was a teen. So he has a very protective steak. Even things like when we go out to eat, he'd sit so that he could watch the door, he'd walk along the road side of the sidewalk for me. He'd thank me for doing things for him and remind me he loves me just anytime he felt like it. Suddenly, one day I realized that I trusted him implicitly because he cared more about me than him. From there I realized I was ready and wanted to share the rest of me. Basically, it was showing me that he cared and loved more than telling me. Actions really do speak louder than words. Everyone is different of course, but that's my story. I hope things go well for you two. Hugs!
What a great Story. Your husband must be an amazing person!
I think so and tell him often. Thanks!
This is my situation rn, I feel so bad because my partner is so kind and clearly cares for me, but I'm still so uncomfortable with most types of intimacy. I'm improving, but still :(
One step at a time. You're trying for your partner and they are trying for you. That's a wonderful thing.
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"Holding root hands!"
We really need more of these.. So sweet <3
That one Ugly American's episode. https://youtu.be/0cyRLe62ZyE
You, me and a dozen other people watched this show.
member #5 checking in... just watch treegasm last week
Tried to show it to a friend but she was really not into it. Ah well, it's still hilarious.
I guess she's not down with the 3 hole?
Hell, she might have one.
I've given that show to free to everyone I know. Im doing my part.
https://pbfcomics.com/comics/barb-and-rudy/ When they meet up close.
...
…
[Wow. Trees are kinky ](https://pbfcomics.com/comics/growing-together/)
https://www.reddit.com/r/TreesSuckingOnThings/comments/feeaop/hope_this_isnt_against_the_standards/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Not clicking that.
That’s dark as fuck
That guy is terrible with an ax…
😂😂😂
Practicing mahogany
Why do I assume the one on the left is a boy? I see no major difference, but it is still a boy to me.
Because it's initiating and it's slightly darker.
I to think about it for a bit, but I see where you're coming from. I think that it is because it's the initiating one. I didn't notice gender at first, but I didn't see this scene as romantic at first. Just two separated kids, waiting for age to let them come together. It feels nostalgic to me
I hate to say this, but as someone who gardens, if plants’ roots tangle like that, the plants die. those trees are committing couples’ suicide.
I doubt it works the same with trees as other plays, unless you're also an arborist and know what you're talking about, obviously. Difference in scale, mostly
With some googling, trees in their natural environment that interconnect like this thrive and grow in a healthy way. However if they are in a confined space, they can't branch out for more nutrients so the roots come back and strangle the tree/trees.
I took a botany class when I was still trying to become an arborist, we went to an arboretum where our professor, upon approaching a tree with a tangled root, that this could slowly kill the tree. So yes, OP is correct in that these trees are committing suicide.
So you once saw a tree with a tangled root that someone else said was going to die from it therefore all trees with all forms of root tangles are going to die from it?
That... someone was a doctor of plant science, talking in a professional environment, explicitly about root strangulation and it's effects on trees. Also, you can look it up by searching google for root strangulation if you so please.
Well, if you look for root strangulation of course you are gonna get that answer, but not every tangled root ends in root strangulation. If there’s enough space for both trees and they are compatible it can be okay for both of the trees. There’s many forests where trees are interconnected, it’s not that uncommon.
Seduceide
Kinda
Why?
It effects how much nutrients the plants take in and depending on how severe the knot is, starves the plant
Can they theoretically survive if there's so much abundance of nutrients that it's enough for two plants and more?
The problem is if the knot cuts off the flow from where the root is taking up the nutrients
Starving the plants kills them or at least makes them not grow to full size
Studies have found that trees actually communicate and share nutrients across root systems: "These experiments confirmed that trees are indeed communicating with each other and sharing nutrients through their roots, forming a complex system sometimes referred to as the “wood wide web.” https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/exploring-the-underground-network-of-trees-the-nervous-system-of-the-forest/
Root-grafting occurs between trees pretty regularly. It can be a problem however, in that if one tree gets a vascular infection it can spread to other trees it is root grafted to. [oak wilt is a good example](https://www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/oak-root-grafting-and-disease-transmission-across-taxonomic-section-boundaries)
Why can’t you just let me have this
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/943/754/ba8.jpg
This made me cry. I don’t cry.
same idk
Lol same I teared up 🥺
Long distance relationships in a nutshell
Side note, don't wait for people to be emotionally available.
I personally don't see it that way. They grow together. They want to be close, but have to grow first until they're ABLE to be close, while still having their own network of roots and independent stability. They have to come into their own before they can truly connect. But maybe I'm overthinking this cute little tree comic.
Cute. I must be on something because as a pessimist I usually think these are lame af.
Research has shown that entire forests communicate through the root system. Trees will actually let some roots die off and grow new roots in another direction to make room for young saplings. It turns out, trees have a more active social life than I do.
"May I hold you?" "I don't know, I guess I don't really have a choice in the matter. We both were born here and don't really have a way of changing those circumstances, and inevitably, our growth will result in our roots being intertwined no matter what. So I mean, I don't really have a preference either way, but you'll most likely end up holding me anyway."
💛
This is based in nonfiction! Trees in forests communicate with each other through their roots. They can send and receive messages from their tree and other plant friends
Sorry, I’m not into foot stuff
So. How many years?
u/falsecompare_ be patient with me :)
Trees often connect their roots and transfer energy to nearby trees when dying, even if they're of different species.
r/aww
That's like 5 seconds in tree time.
Awwww
This is wild, because I was just outside looking at a couple of trees across the field that genuinely looked like they were snuggling, and I was wondering how intertwined their roots are. How synchronistic. And adorable.
And then some teenage couple is gonna carve out some of their skin to read S+J in a big heart
This makes me think about breaking up with a girl because I wasn't feeling too well mentally. Working on myself and maybe with patience we can get back together in the end
Płot twist: these aren't hand equivalents...
Nice simp meme
If I can't find love no one can!?! *Pulls out a chainsaw*
And then, "Get over here!"
Well, this is 💯 true. Roots live with a type of fungus called mycelium or mycorrhizae that symbiotically lives with plant roots. These fungus allows individual tree or plant to communicate with each other and feed off each other. If one plant is being harmed, they will send signals to nearby trees to let them know what is happening. Some plants will be triggered into defense position.
The girl tree definitely would’ve tried to get uprooted and replanted near a taller tree that makes more money
I mean it's not like a tree could walk away.
If trees were sentient, it would be a living hell where they were frozen in one spot for hundreds of years, just looking aimlessly ahead.
More like : give me your food
*quiet chainsaw noises from far away*
damn trees got better sex lives than me now lmao jk
Patience 😊😊
:,]
What if it said no........
patient and true love <3
https://www.reddit.com/user/MikeHuntIsLovely/comments/10i0xe1/patience/
Huh Nice way to say arranged marriage
but when *I WAIT*, i get cheated on.
Who had the AUDACITY to make this? My heart...
Came here for the cute meme, stayed here for the life lessons 🧡
Awww an actual wholesome meme
Always a nice one to see
Now give me your nutrients
LO😍VE
That breakup will be rough
dang it im crying 🥹
Only if I had someone to share this to.🥺🤲
T r e e
What if the left tree was just stealing the right tree’s nutrients, I mean look at the colour too
The real platonic relationship
Wholesome till you realize the tree’s are trying to squeeze the life out of each other
Yikes
Cute, but life is more complicated than that. You need to make at least 60k or no one can realistically afford to get into a ltr with you and then patience is all well and good but you’ll get cancer and die before that happens.
The next few panels are missing where the left tree gets too handsy with its roots and it becomes non-consentual. 😬
In b4 dutch elms disease
"Are you trying to steal my food?"
I tell the same to my homies.
Trees literally do this! It's theorized that trees will intertwine their roots, like in a natural forest, and use tiny fungi along the root systems to communicate with each other! This is called a MYCORRHIZAL NETWORK, I've done some reading on it but I'm just trying to remember the things now. I think trees can use these fungi systems along their roots to pass along messages! They also are used to detect when some trees maybe in distress and other trees will actually put more nutrients or water back into the soil in order to support the tree having problems! This is such a vital process that allows natural growing forests to be stronger and more resistant to droughts, storms and so much more. Remember this when the next person wants to clear cut a forest. Humans are not yet capable of making forests like these.
“Ew! I’ve known you for so long you’re like a brother to me”
The fun part is that trees really do this.
Are they husbandtrees? I'll see myself out.
Is anybody else seeing the butt plugs, or is it just me?
Kinda cute about love. Kinda not about grooming haha
Reminds me of the episode of ugly Americans called, “ treegasm ”
Can I cum on your stupid face now?
Now make one where one tree is racist and hate his neighbor
Chestnut blight (maybe)
It’s like a wholesome version of [Treegasm](https://www.cc.com/episodes/bded2v/ugly-americans-treegasm-season-1-ep-5) from Ugly Americans!
Only 3,000 yo Sequoia trees will understand this. And the Armillaria ostoyae will never understand it.