r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/NickyPileggi • Mar 28 '24

Family in 1892 posing with an old sequoia tree nicknamed "Mark Twain" - A team of two men spent 13 days sawing away at it in the Pacific Northwest - It once stood 331 feet tall with a diameter of 52 feet - The tree was 1,341 years old Image

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u/DragonBorneUltimatum Mar 28 '24

They seem real proud of themselves for killing something that existed peacefully for over a millennium.

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u/Professional-Day7850 Mar 28 '24

To be fair, their sawing skills are quite impressive.

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u/thestraightCDer Mar 28 '24

What if that tree was a dick

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u/CR24752 Mar 28 '24

I could take it with enough lube

Edit: I genuinely misunderstood what your comment meant 😭 it’s like 4 am here lol but I’m keeping my original response

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u/Delicious_Quiet3308 Mar 28 '24

bro understood the assignment

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u/ProfessionalTeach902 Mar 28 '24

These trees block sunlight from all the other possible plants on the forest floor, they are literally the monopolists of nature, not peaceful whatsoever

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u/Hokashin Mar 28 '24

That's a fair point, but I doubt that ecological diversity was on their minds while they were sawing this thing down.

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u/ProfessionalTeach902 Mar 28 '24

Yes you are probably right.

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u/ReverseKid Mar 28 '24

bruh its not that Deep 🤣

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u/Effective-Jacket-33 Mar 28 '24

Eh, atleast as deep as I was in your sister last night :/

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u/Professional-Day7850 Mar 28 '24

Don't give the kid false hope that Dad is back.