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19 August 2010

22 Trees Growing Around Things like it says on the tin.

post by: Miko at: 22:22 | 8 comments

Hm, I posted this because I thought it was just cool, but as I checked the link for linkiness, I realized what a metaphor for life it is.

posted by Miko 19 August | 22:23

For some reason those trees creep me out.

posted by amro 20 August | 07:10

The trees...they're...ALIVE!!!!!!!!!

posted by Thorzdad 20 August | 08:15

I love it!

posted by Obscure Reference 20 August | 08:21

These are too cool. There's a chain-link fence a few houses down from us that's been engulfed by a tree- I find it completely fascinating.

posted by BoringPostcards 20 August | 09:25

I love things like this. We have a chain link fence running along the side of our house and into our backyard that has been twisted and distorted by a line of trees growing over it and into it. Mother Nature is a great artist.

posted by amyms 20 August | 11:14

Amro, I completely agree. This is interesting, but weirdly unsettling.

posted by Monster_Zero 20 August | 13:39

I wonder if there's an instinctive reaction at work that makes some people find weirdly deformed plants kind of disgusting? The same thing happened with this MeFi post about plant galls, where a number of commenters (including me) thought they were icky.

A "don't eat plants that have something obviously wrong with them" instinct seems like it might convey a very slight survival advantage if such plants are occasionally dangerous to eat.

posted by FishBike 20 August | 14:02

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