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« on: August 15, 2022, 09:06:58 PM »
what do u think is the probability that man eating trees are real and lurk out there just waiting for ppl to cross their path
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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2022, 10:35:40 PM »
Unlikely but possible. You never know.
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2022, 12:23:34 PM »
wiki tells me the largest carnivorous plant (a pitcher plant) get torn up by monkeys to get to the good stuff inside.  It will catch small vertebrates, but nothing larger than a rat.
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2022, 02:09:18 PM »
If anyone had encountered these man-eating tree's how would we know?

We wouldn't. Confused
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2022, 02:38:03 PM »
Quote from: Primadonna Socialist on August 16, 2022, 02:09:18 PM
If anyone had encountered these man-eating tree's how would we know?

We wouldn't. Confused
are you suggesting this theoretical man-eating tree is the only creature on Earth that kills everything that gets within eyesight of it?
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2022, 07:23:31 PM »
Quote from: Primadonna Socialist on August 16, 2022, 02:09:18 PM
If anyone had encountered these man-eating tree's how would we know?

We wouldn't. Confused

"If a tree eats a man in the forest, does anyone know that it happened?"
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« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2022, 07:25:03 PM »
Quote from: dead0man on August 16, 2022, 02:38:03 PM
Quote from: Primadonna Socialist on August 16, 2022, 02:09:18 PM
If anyone had encountered these man-eating tree's how would we know?

We wouldn't. Confused
are you suggesting this theoretical man-eating tree is the only creature on Earth that kills everything that gets within eyesight of it?

I mean, supposedly, people wouldn't see it coming and/or expect it if these man-eating tree's exist. So we can only hypothesize as to their methods and success.

If Trump had balls he would've declassified everything as POTUS.
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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2022, 05:50:46 AM »
Quote from: HillGoose on August 15, 2022, 09:06:58 PM
what do u think is the probability that man eating trees are real and lurk out there just waiting for ppl to cross their path
Pitcher plants can eat mice but human sized animals are too big for a plant to eat.
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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2022, 06:52:09 AM »
Believed to live in one isolated jungle off the coast of Africa.

Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar

https://youtu.be/WxBOO-KU9C8
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« Reply #9 on: August 18, 2022, 07:10:11 AM »
Quote from: Meclazine on August 18, 2022, 06:52:09 AM
Believed to live in one isolated jungle off the coast of Africa.

Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar

https://youtu.be/WxBOO-KU9C8
did ya watch the video?  'cause they clearly state the Madagascar plant was fiction and why a man eating plant would be highly unlikely.
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« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2022, 08:30:36 AM »
Does a man eating tree make a sound?
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« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2022, 10:14:20 AM »
Carnivory evolved in plants as a response to low nutrient availability in soil (specifically, nitrogen). If a tree is able to grow and persist in any type of environment it's unlikely to need the nitrogen boost that eating humans would provide.
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« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2022, 05:15:11 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2022, 07:36:49 PM »
American-eating trees are also known as Vietnamese soldiers
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« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2022, 07:57:38 PM »
Quote from: °°°°t on August 20, 2022, 08:30:36 AM
Does a man eating tree make a sound?

Depends.

If a man-eating tree falls over in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, did it make a sound?
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« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2022, 08:29:20 PM »
I wouldn't worry too much. Their bark is worse than their bite.
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« Reply #16 on: August 20, 2022, 10:48:31 PM »
big if tru
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« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2022, 12:16:39 AM »
Quote from: Meclazine on August 20, 2022, 07:57:38 PM
Quote from: °°°°t on August 20, 2022, 08:30:36 AM
Does a man eating tree make a sound?

Depends.

If a man-eating tree falls over in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, did it make a sound?
yes and all you need is a tape recorder to prove this.
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« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2022, 07:11:06 AM »
They don't exist
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« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2022, 07:17:23 AM »

Exactly what a man eating tree would say
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« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2022, 10:32:39 AM »

Note the... tree-like shape of the green Brazil avatar.
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« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2022, 04:11:27 PM »
Quote from: Кэфкон on August 22, 2022, 10:32:39 AM

Note the... tree-like shape of the green Brazil avatar.
We have more trees than there are humans on Earth
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« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2022, 05:21:51 PM »
Quote from: LeonelBrizola on August 22, 2022, 04:11:27 PM
Quote from: Кэфкон on August 22, 2022, 10:32:39 AM

Note the... tree-like shape of the green Brazil avatar.
We have more trees than there are humans on Earth

You're not helping your case any.
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« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2022, 05:26:47 PM »
Quote from: Кэфкон on August 22, 2022, 05:21:51 PM
Quote from: LeonelBrizola on August 22, 2022, 04:11:27 PM
Quote from: Кэфкон on August 22, 2022, 10:32:39 AM

Note the... tree-like shape of the green Brazil avatar.
We have more trees than there are humans on Earth

You're not helping your case any.
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« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2022, 05:33:30 PM »
If a dead human is buried next to a tree and the tree absorbs some of the decaying remains, does that make it a man eating tree?
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