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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Dec 15, 2017 10:09 am

Interesting question. In the case of the huon pine, I think they create new 'individuals' when the branches droop onto the ground for long enough. So at the point that the new 'individual' is created its progenitor and it are one. But presumably at some point they can become physically separated. I'm not sure if the roots are joined or not. It's possible they could join and remain so for pretty much the entire life of the colony.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:16 pm

Curious creatures for sure.
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Post by mistermack » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:43 pm

pErvinalia wrote:Isn't it the largest living "structure" or something like that?
The structure is dead coral.
JimC wrote:The largest structure created by life...
There are probably plenty of limestone formations that would beat it for size.
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Post by Tyrannical » Fri Dec 15, 2017 3:47 pm

mistermack wrote:
pErvinalia wrote:Isn't it the largest living "structure" or something like that?
The structure is dead coral.
JimC wrote:The largest structure created by life...
There are probably plenty of limestone formations that would beat it for size.
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And coral islands, how does that work? Coral is supposed to be under the water. We need more global warming and rising sea levels to help the environment.
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Post by mistermack » Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:22 pm

Tyrannical wrote: And coral islands, how does that work? Coral is supposed to be under the water. We need more global warming and rising sea levels to help the environment.
Well, we're still in an ice age, so coral islands could have been reefs before the ice age commenced.
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Post by JimC » Fri Dec 15, 2017 8:15 pm

pErvinalia wrote:I had the wrong "pine" anyway. It's the Huon Pine.
A stand of trees reputed to be in excess of 10,500 years old was recently found in western Tasmania on Mount Read. Each of the trees in this stand is a genetically identical male that has reproduced vegetatively. Although no single tree in this stand is of that age, the stand itself as a single organism has existed that long.[8]
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:29 am

mistermack wrote:
pErvinalia wrote:Isn't it the largest living "structure" or something like that?
The structure is dead coral.
Which the live coral live in.
JimC wrote:The largest structure created by life...
There are probably plenty of limestone formations that would beat it for size.
What limestone formations were created by life?
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Post by JimC » Sat Dec 16, 2017 3:28 am

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pErvinalia wrote:Isn't it the largest living "structure" or something like that?
The structure is dead coral.
Which the live coral live in.
JimC wrote:The largest structure created by life...
There are probably plenty of limestone formations that would beat it for size.
What limestone formations were created by life?
Most of them, actually, in the sense that limestone derives from ancient beds of a variety of organisms that, one way or another, secreted a calcareous structure, including corals, molluscs and others. However, I think the title still belongs to the Great Barrier Reef, both because it is still growing and connected to living creatures, and because of its overall dimensions.
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:05 am

Yeah true, but they aren't hosting significant life any more. They're geological structures now.
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Post by rainbow » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:02 am

pErvinalia wrote:Yeah true, but they aren't hosting significant life any more. They're geological structures now.
It would depend on how you define geological structures.
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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:16 am

I define it to perfectly fit my intended meaning... :{D
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Post by Brian Peacock » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:35 am

The Earth is the single largest geological structure in the world.
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Post by rainbow » Sat Dec 16, 2017 10:54 am

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