At over 2000 years old, El Arbol del Tule, is one of the oldest living trees in the world. With a 10-meter (33-foot) diameter trunk it is also considered by many to be the broadest tree in the world. The circumference of the trunk is an amazing 54 meters (178 feet). It is over 40 meters (130 feet) high, boasts a foliage diameter of over 51 meters (170 feet), and weighs over 500 tons.The appearance of the massive tree is that of multiple trunks fused together. However, recent DNA tests suggest that it is in fact a single individual tree. This great ahuehuete (Montezuma cypress) specimen is still alive and growing, as can be seen by the dense foliage reaching 43 meters (141 feet) into the sky! The various contortions of the trunk give the appearance of the faces of goblins and monsters. In fact, if you visit the tree in Santa Maria del Tule, Mexico, you will be offered a tour of the tree by local school children who will show you all manner of creatures hiding in the tree, including elephants and jaguars!
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You ignorants, US and Mexico are not the only place in the world. In the Amazon there is a tree that makes this one look tiny. Your homework is to research what is its name and where is located.
To anonymous: You say, that in the Amazon there is a tree, that makes this one look tiny. Well, where is your evidence of that? Do you have any photo of this tree? And where in the Amazon is this enormous tree of yours..?
Cause it´s very easy to claim, that there is aa even bigger tree without any proof at all.
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