And yet I read of the oldest living tree - which is a Norway Spruce (albeit one living in Sweden). It is nearly 10 millennia old.
Suddenly I feel in awe, and just a little guilty. Maybe we'll go for pot-grown this year. Who'd have thought, by putting up Christmas decorations, you'd be shortening the life of another organism by 10,000 years?
And let's be honest - you'll never get much tinsel on that.
(Hat tip to Progressive Involvement for the link)
10,000 years old? Impossible! It must have been created with an apparent 4,000 year age. ;-)
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ReplyDeleteQuite right, Peter. In the same way that Adam himself was of mature age when created, this tree would have been brought into existence with 4,000 pre-existing rings. After all, the alternative would be that Adam would only have been surrounded by the saplings from 3-day-old plants - and then what would he have to eat?
ReplyDeleteThe link indicates that the tree's age was determined by carbon dating of the roots, and I am sure the good Revd will tell us how inaccurate that can be! Should we sacrifice the tree to count the rings and prove the point?
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure Drayton would not approve of sacrificing the tree. Besides, who would Christmas Trees be sacrificed to - except Mammon?
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