TIL that a single mature oak tree can host over 500 different species of insects and other animals. Read it in a forestry journal at the library yesterday.

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That number's probably way low. They only count the things we can see. The real biodiversity is in the microscopic fungi and bacteria in the root system. A teaspoon of that soil has millions of organisms we haven't even named yet.

rowanw9121d ago

Kevin_Williams just made my brain hurt, honestly.

fisher.jessica21d ago

Just take a deep breath and step away from the screen for a minute.