Reader Quiz : Why Is This Redwood Tree Hollow?

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  1. Ancient astronauts hollowed it out
  2. Briffa gutted it
  3. It has been burned by hundreds of fires.
  4. It was a prop for the Oprah Winfrey show
  5. All of the above

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12 Responses to Reader Quiz : Why Is This Redwood Tree Hollow?

  1. Bill in AZ says:

    tree ring studies?

  2. fridayjoefriday says:

    I don’t know for sure, but could it be this
    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8&w=640&h=480]

  3. John Silver says:

    The trolls live there.

  4. Traitor In Chief says:

    You forgot the Keebler elves…..

  5. WJohn says:

    The heartwood was chipped and sent as bio-mass to Europe where using it to generate elecricity gets counted as “renewable”.

  6. Anthony S says:

    Sam Gribley lived there for several years during his youth.

  7. There Is No Substitute for Victory says:

    Ansel Adams hollowed it out with fire so that he could us it as a dark room to develop his picx in?

  8. John B., M.D. says:

    The outer portion of the tree (under the bark) contains the phloem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phloem. If this tree is still alive, it has just enough xylem to keep the tree hydrated. You don’t need to core of the tree for it to remain alive.

    What caused it to be hollow? No idea. Possibilities include physical damage (e.g. tunneling)caused by humans or animals, rot

  9. ntesdorf says:

    Are there any white-ants in California?

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