I was curious and looked it up. Apparently it mostly happens between trees of the same species, with several causes.
Most are mechanical. The tips brush against each other, and damage new branches and leaves. Both trees divert growth away from the area.
Some also sense shading via red light. They focus growth away from shade. This means neither tree grows into the gap, since they are partially shading each other.
It also helps limit the spread of leaf eating parasites. Again, particularly useful in a forest of the same species.
So yes, the trees are social distancing, to avoid the spread of disease.
I was curious and looked it up.
Lol I thought you said you looked up at the trees, and just observed all those facts
So you’re saying the trees can accomplish what humanity never could.
Considering how little conflict we currently have, compared to our population size, we are doing extremely well. Unfortunately, the conflicts remaining are spectacular enough to counter that.
We did a good job down here, sounds like your country must’ve sucked at it.
Australia?
Ye.
Yeah i thought we went well too.
To be fair though or population density is so low, there’s more people in some cities then our country
But we’re also incredibly urbanised, with basically half our population living in 2 cities alone. That’s more beneficial to a virus spreading than simply population size.
Trees hella smart.
balances -> branches* :)
Imagine a stranger holding your hand in public transport like this 😲😳
Well, if they were stinky I’d probably be upset. If their hands were sticky, I’d be upset. Repeat for the other social offenses. Otherwise, sure, go for it. We all need a case of mistaken identity in our lives.
Looks like a voronoi noise texture.
It can probably be mathematically defined as such.
I wonder how much different species affect the parameters.
It kinda is!
It would be if the trees all were the same age and grew at the same rate.
im so glad that we aren’t the only species that do hoverhands.
my sibling, putting their finger close but not on me: I’m not touching you!
Me, who understands matter never touches because of electromagnetic forces putting my finger on my sibling: I’m not touching you!
They‘re just like me fr
The Witness has rewired my brain to look for dot line patterns.
This is real? I read about it in a scifi (or rather solar punk) novel and thought it’s a metaphor or something
It wasn’t as good as “Wild-Built.”
True. I liked both but the first was better
For sure. It’s almost an unfair comparison, but that is the comparison we are forced to make.
