and pauly shore is (was?) in LR!!!
(at the comedy club)
i guess i could ask him!
and yes... hanny, you is one tall mo fo!!
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and pauly shore is (was?) in LR!!!
(at the comedy club)
i guess i could ask him!
and yes... hanny, you is one tall mo fo!!
hmm...just curious...but are the trees in this patch of land able to reproduce?
i was looking for some more info and found this site...lol i found it pretty amusing..ehh i laugh @ the dumbest things though...hehe ahh well..here it is:
"how trees are born"
hmm...where to start? alrite..i'm just gonna throw some random ideas together...i'm hoping they'll make sense in some way =)
(btw, all the words that are italicised means that i pulled them from a diff source...i didnt make them up..hehe)
hmm...well i saw this and thought it was pretty interesting...so i thought i'd stick it in =)
The blue whale is the largest creature the world has ever known - even larger than the biggest dinosaur. But the giant sequoia tree makes this mammal look like an infant! Three times longer and 32 times heavier than the blue whale, the giant sequoia tree is the largest living thing on the planet.* Giant sequoias also live a very long time. Some are more than 3,000 years old!
i dont really have a point to make on that...just that wow...that's a long time =) but if you're wondering why they are able to live so long...it's because their bark is very thick and resists forest fires.
another tree called the Baobab tree, grows in Africa. They can be found in Tanzania. Those trees are 4,000 years old...making them older than Jesus and Moses
i thought that was pretty amazing =)
hmm...i dont know how old u are shatz...but i'm guessing early 20s give or take a few years...lol
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Tempus Sans ITC, Tahoma">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#25004f"><font size=2 face="Tempus Sans ITC, Tahoma"> the reason why i question this is because i don't really recall seeing 'dead' trees, that is, trees that were obviously dead because they have 'aged' well beyond an 'elderly' state. </font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE>
hmm...well some trees, like the ones above, can last a VERY long time...so i'm thinking that it might be "a while longer" b4 we find the answer to that...hehe
mmk...just making sure..but your question is <BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Tempus Sans ITC, Tahoma">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#25004f"><font size=2 face="Tempus Sans ITC, Tahoma"> will a tree ever die?
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so we're just focusing on the life of a single tree, right?
hmm...well when i was looking for more information about trees (lol, i sound like sucha loser..hehe oh well [img]biggrin.gif[/img] ) i found this:
Why do trees die? It is because they use/need more food than they can manufacture. The food hierarchy for carbon allocation is for maintenance first, followed by new roots, leaves, storage, and trunk diameter. Tree defense against pests is the lowest priority.
say if the tree is not going to be affected by disease (meaning it wont die because of that)...then the patch of land will still (gradually) become more and more populated by trees. this goes back to the competition not only for sunlight, but also for nutrients.
***just a side note, from what has been said so far...i'm taking that we're saying that "the tree" will not die because of insects, such as defoliators and bark and wood borers, nematodes (parasitic worms), bacteria, viruses and fungi and the "utopian" area will not change. but the thing is...if <BLOCKQUOTE><font size=2 face="Tempus Sans ITC, Tahoma">quote:</font><table border="0" width="90%" bgcolor="#333333" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FF9900"><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#25004f"><font size=2 face="Tempus Sans ITC, Tahoma"> this patch of land already supports life such as trees, grasses, various other plants, some small wildlife (insects, rodents, etc) </font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE> ... then we have to realize that u cant really take the insects, place them on that patch of land w/ "the tree" and just expect them to sit there...most likely...they'll have some interaction w/ the tree and stuff .. ehh well that was just a side point hehe ***
oh btw...is this "patch of land" an ecosystem?
Tree death is a natural and necessary aspect of the forest ecosystem. The death of large old trees is necessary for the regeneration of new trees and the continuation of the forest. Death is necessary for life.
Tree diseases that attack especially weak trees can improve the overall vigor of a stand. In addition, the death of a large tree in the forest creates a gap in the canopy, letting sunlight reach the forest floor and allowing the regeneration of species that would not otherwise grow in the shade of the tree.
i was looking up *why* trees die...and besides disease, and other biotic/abiotic factors...they die because of "old age". i kept trying to look up WHY do they die of old age...and i couldnt find an answer. i think it's kind of similar in the way some humans can die of old age. (ehh, this is probably very debatable...anywayz...)
so all in all...i think "the tree" will eventually die...i dont know how long it will take...but that's just my thought.
oh...i just had another thought (sorry, i tend to be really random =/) newayz...i was just curious...since only rodents and small animals live there...do those little critters produce enough carbon dioxide for all the trees living on this patch of land? i guess this goes along w/ the competition for nutrients and light etc.
hmm...well i think that's all i have to say for now...and i have to apologize again, because i know my comments are probably pretty random and stuff...but i hope u get the main gist of those thoughts =)
Hybrid vigor and natural selection. The breeding of superior slightly different species and the death of the inferior ones will allow the genus to survive.
If the genus is to survive some must die, allowing more space and resources for those that survived. Additionally, since the inferior species is now dead, it cannot spread its genetic code, thus reducing the inferiority raising the chances that the genus will survive.
So, if there is just one tree, one may assume that it is the perfect tree. All the trees throughout time have bred and died and now this is the final result, all the good things without the negative. If it is the ultimate tree, then it would be invulnerable to insects, rodents, etc. and it can survive in poor climates as well as favorable ones.
So, now we have the genetically perfect tree and the question may again be asked, will the tree die? The answer is obvious, no.
If it is genetically perfect, then it does not need to breed. it does not need to grow older. It does not need to do anything other than continue to exist. It it is genetically perfect, then any genetic strands which cause it to age, after maturity has been achieved, will have been removed. If it never grows old, and it is invulnerable to natural/unnatural causes of death, then one could argue that it cannot die.
hmmm...
but considering that genetics are basically
made up of 'things' which make up cells...
then those cells, too, must be perfect.
and since all cells carry chromosomes that
have the potential to switch on and off depending
on...well... they just don't know what makes
'em switch...
then it would be safe to assume that, on the
molecular level... it is erratic and pure chance
that the cells would be perfect in and of themselves.
therefore, that preceeds your present thought
that a tree is perfect.
from what i understand, there is no 'perfect' thing.
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Eh, do not mind the ramblings of an old, sleep deprived man.
i feel your pain
I know.