I'd like to introduce you to quite a character.
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| A grand old soul. |
This wise old fella has seen a few things in his time.
He has seen the heyday of the British Raj.
He is over 150 years old!
Banyan trees are really quite something.
Given time, 'our' tree could grow to cover a city block.
Check out this one near Kolkata!
Cool, huh?
The roots that you see falling down from the tree
were started by fig seeds deposited by birds.
The figs then grow down from their host,
with some eventually taking over
and strangling their host tree.
Although the host
could also be another structure,
like a bridge.
To my mind,
banyan trees seem to have oodles of personality.
Not quite like the Whomping Willow,
but not too far off.
They almost demand respect.
Perhaps that is why our friends were told,
as children,
not to walk under a banyan tree,
as they house the spirits of the dead!
He is over 150 years old!
Banyan trees are really quite something.
Given time, 'our' tree could grow to cover a city block.
Check out this one near Kolkata!
Cool, huh?
The roots that you see falling down from the tree
were started by fig seeds deposited by birds.
The figs then grow down from their host,
with some eventually taking over
and strangling their host tree.
Although the host
could also be another structure,
like a bridge.
To my mind,
banyan trees seem to have oodles of personality.
Not quite like the Whomping Willow,
but not too far off.
They almost demand respect.
Perhaps that is why our friends were told,
as children,
not to walk under a banyan tree,
as they house the spirits of the dead!
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