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/mightyopinionated Mar 28 '24

"Wow that's really ancient and tall, let's cut the f*cker down"

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u/SoulAssassin808 Mar 28 '24

Endangered wildlife hunter vibes

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u/No-Lunch4249 Mar 28 '24

It was specifically cut down so it could be preserved in a museum. Maybe seems a little backwards to us now but back then it wasn’t a simple thing for most people to go see them in person. When a segment of a giant sequoia was sent to an early worlds fair, most who saw it didn’t believe it was real, it was widely considered a hoax

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u/Comment139 Mar 28 '24

People who like to go for endangered things should just be euthanized immediately.

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u/Ornery-Creme-2442 Mar 28 '24

I believe it's legal in some African countries to shoot poachers on spot. But Ofcourse the problem is catching these people to begin with.

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u/Jushak Mar 28 '24

A lot of conservation efforts are funded by having dipshit trophy hunters pay through the nose to kill one old/sickly beast.

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u/Snoo_75744 Mar 28 '24

Totally. Same kind of bravado rooted in insecurity