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So the giant Sequoia trees grow 300' straight up because of 'cellular mutation' wrecking their dna blueprints 'Chuck'?
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[quote:Bowyn Aerrow:MV8xOTA2MTg2XzMxODcyMDg0X0ZERTk2QzYy] The giant Redwoods are in a part of the West coast that sees lots of fog - most days get heavy fog or at least low lying clouds. This deposits water way up near the top. And the trees don't grow 'straight up'. Interestingly enough each branch grows outward, then makes a 90 degree turn to send up a 'mini tree'. Where the branch meets the trunk it grows into a massive triangular shaped shelf that collects a goodly amount of water. When a part of the tree dies, the surrounding parts will sprout roots to sink in and basically eat itself, thus stopping moisture loss. As you know, rotting wood tends to draw up a lot of water. plus its full of nutrition. In the past 10 years they have allowed a few scientists to climb the trees. They have discovered that the canopy has species never seen on the ground, and a lot of those species deposit food stuff (or stuff that turns into soil) in/on those shelves. There is no cellular mutation, the trees are adapted to absorb water from low cloud and fog and live in an area with massive amounts of fog through most of the year. [/quote]
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How do suppose they draw water up 300' if their God given design for raising water glitched Chuck? Can you draw water up 300' simply by means of evaporation?
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