http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/08/immortal-trees-escape-aging/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/08/immortal-trees-escape-aging/#comment-63363 whodat Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:12:38 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=13736#comment-63363 DID YOU KNOW farmers graph almond trees onto peach tree root systems as almond trees don't root well enough to support the mass of fruit they produce. i imagine almond trees outgoing their own roots and toppling, dropping seeds in a concentrated area, forcing a bunch of smaller trees to share the same resources, disallowing any one to grow to the point of falling over. natural conservation of resources, sustainable behavior from a plant. totally sentient, has to be! DID YOU KNOW farmers graph almond trees onto peach tree root systems as almond trees don’t root well enough to support the mass of fruit they produce.
i imagine almond trees outgoing their own roots and toppling, dropping seeds in a concentrated area, forcing a bunch of smaller trees to share the same resources, disallowing any one to grow to the point of falling over. natural conservation of resources, sustainable behavior from a plant. totally sentient, has to be!

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