Keep Away - created by Wayne Cheah


Keep Away
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avatar MossyB
MossyB says:

Any idea what kind of tree that is? It's beautiful, if most unusual and unfriendly looking...

author says:

Some people call it the "Jesus tree" But seriously, it's called the "White Silk-Cotton Tree" or locally, the "Kapok Tree" This particular tree was planted in 1933 and was a gift from the city of Bogor. It's also the national tree of Puerto Rico. It can grow up to 50m in height and it's flowers have a milky aroma. Its most distinctive feature is of course the thorny bark, so it's difficult to climb. The question is how does a tree knows that thorns will make it painful and therefore deter humans and animals from climbing it? And why doesn't it want to be climbed?

avatar lolipop4400

i like how the focus is on the thorns. and to answer your question author....God created the tree like that.

author says:

Thanks for the comment lolipop4400. Due to the sheer height of the tree, I could not get enough DOF to "sharpen" the thorns a bit more, due of course to my poor quality equipment.

Not wanting to turn this into a religious forum, but why this particular tree with the thorns, and so few such trees on Earth? I would have thought this leviathan of a tree would have no fear of climbers damaging it, like say a thorny rose bush? And this tree has no attractive fruits as incentive for human or animal climbers, like say apple trees.

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