The 10 kg Pinecone!

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Australia...The land where everything tries to kill you.. Apparently, even pinecones πŸ˜‚

So, today I first heard about Araucaria bidwillii, a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae which is endemic to Australia.

Commonly known as bunya pine or bunya-bunya, they grow to be quite big. Up to 50 meters (164 feet) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 1.5 meters (5 feet).

But what is really interesting about them are their cones. They are just fucking huge. Up to 35 centimeters (14 inches) wide and up to 10 kilograms (22 pounds) heavy, posing a serious threat to anyone spending time down these trees.

Just imagine this bad boy falling on your head, lol

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Or this one

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Ouch!

By the way, here's how the actual tree looks like

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And here's a video:

Interestingly, I couldn't find any reported deaths. However I did find this case where a man's skull was seriously fractured but he did survive with permanent disabilities. Funnily, he was in San Francisco in a botanical garden and not Australia lol.

Court papers also say he's been left with "severe and likely irreversible cognitive defects" after the surgery to relieve swelling caused by internal bleeding on his brain.

And this couple that narrowly escaped with some bruises.

A Porirua couple have escaped serious injuries after they were hit by a pumpkin-sized cone that fell from a heritage tree in Nelson's Queen's Gardens. Dreen and David Bradley were left shocked, bruised and requiring hospital treatment when the large cone from the bunya pine tree fell on them about 12.15pm on Sunday.

Cases of damaged parked vehicles have also been reported.

Anyways, fun stuff :D

Oh and by the way. Despite the common name, the species isn't actually a pine. It belongs to the genus Araucaria, which is part of the separate family Araucariaceae. True pines belong to the genus Pinus, within the family Pinaceae.

Here's a link to Wikipedia if you'd like to read more on them!

Ok I'll leave you know, hope you learnt something fun and new πŸ˜‚





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Such a big tree 😹

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It's the motion of the water that matters πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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That’s fucking ridiculous, that could easily kill somebody if it hit them in the head. My god Australia had the craziest shit….
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10kg pinecone? That must be very big. Such must not fall on someone's head.

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Ah! Thank you for the name of this tree, as we also have them here in the Cape province of South Africa. It looks like people should wear hard hats under those trees !LOL

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Really its a great and very big tree.

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Those are some big pinecones and brain damage? I guess it's dangerous with all of those coins. I don't think I want that tree near me or my car at all.

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I think, in Australia everthing is a bit bigger. πŸ˜€

2015 on a trip to Australia:
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Still small! Have you seen those crazy mining stuff?

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No, have not seen this. But we were waiting on a railroad crossing.
The train had several hundred waggons a in between 2 or 3 locomotives.

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And in Garzweiler Rhineland too:

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Wow - I never knew about that before. Its a pretty looking tree into the bargain !

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Woah, that's huge!! Had no clue it even exists something like this, lol!

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Apparently the seeds inside are super tasty!

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Bunya pines... Thats the least of your worries walking around in the bush over here.... The cones are tasty though.

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Well that will teach him to go to botanical gardens to enrich his mind. Kidding, that's horrible! Those things are huge, I would never hike near those things unless I had a death wish... I feel bad for that poor guy in San Francisco, but very cool tree and pinecones!
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Hahahaha. Just another peaceful day on the botanical garden πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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i bet it feels fantastic

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