http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYRqN1F_DxI
Some amazing things discussed in the video:
*The oldest tree is believed to be between 3000-5000 years old, with a large number of them reaching the 2500 mark.
*Because of their age, some organisms are found UNIQUELY on certain trees. That is to say, a specific tree might have organisms that is not found anywhere else on earth, including neighboring trees.
*There is a soil formation in the canopy, up to 1 metre deep. In this soil formation, unique species of copepods are found. They're crustaceans similar to the ones that are eaten by whales in the Ocean. Found hundreds and hundreds of feet up in the air, no one has any explanation on how these sea organisms managed to find themselves in the soil structure of these trees.
*Through a process called reiteration, the tree can grow trees out of branches. These new trees can grow more trees, and the process can happen up to 6 times. To explain, this would be similar to having each finger be a miniature person, and each miniature person's finger have another miniature person...6 times over.
Width of a trunk, and this is simply of average size - there are much wider ones
