[Daffynition]

[G Larry]

Ha!
Sogndal = Norwegian for Soggy Town....

btw...she looks neither soggy or mummified!

[Sherman Logan]

Coniferous trees, notably blue spruce and Ponderosa pine, in the Rockies of S. CO, where I used to cut a lot of firewood, seem to decay very slowly.

But that’s a dry climate.

OTOH, aspen trees rot away while they’re still alive.

[decimon]

Once, I had a tree, or you could say, a pine mummy.

[decimon]

...Terje Thun...

Terry Tune?

[JoeProBono]

[SunkenCiv]

And ooh, not guilty!

Norwegian scientists have found "mummified" pine trees, dead for nearly 500 years yet without decomposition.

Thanks Daffynition.

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[BereanBrain]

“that trees could “self-mummify” in humid climates”

This is an example of a CITY BORN LIBTARD JUNK SCIENTIST.

Every country-boy from the forest knows that if trees fall in a very lush environment with just the right soil and drainage, their resin (in especitally pine trees) turns them into the so called “mummies”.

This is a common enough occurance we send our young ones out to find these “mummies” and chop them into small kindling, because they have such a high resin content, they light with a match, burn hot and never go out.

Some places call this “fat wood”. If a tree dies in place (rather than falling), during the summer months, the resin will run to the bottom and preserver the roots and stump area almost 100%. If the tree falls first, then the resin settles to the bottom of the tree and you often get a half-moon shape.

These things can be VERY old - they are almost as hard as rocks - you can dull an axe trying to cut one - if you try a chainsaw, it will be dull after 1-2 minutes. The only way to deal with it is to split it.

I guess next these guys will discover bears shit in the woods.

After, of course, the get a 5M$ grant......

[AGreatPer]

I thought we were out of discovers like this in our world.

Just amazing.

[Dysart]

Screaming Trees - For Celebrations Past

[Liberty Valance]

Interesting thread. Calls for a cool tree video ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JoXKpHKgUg
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