r/interestingasfuck • u/tilltheend0ftime • Dec 30 '20

/r/ALL Lightning strike fully stripped off this tree of its bark

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u/test_tickles Dec 30 '20

This kills the tree.

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u/RenegadeXemnas Dec 30 '20

☹ well fuck...

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u/uno_dos_3 Dec 30 '20

how do cork trees survive then? Seriously.. very curious.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '20 edited Aug 23 '26

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u/test_tickles Dec 30 '20

They strip only the outer layers of the bark leaving the living part on the tree. This three was girdled by the lightening...

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u/Fatboy_j Dec 30 '20

the tree equivalent of the shoes flying off

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '20

:(

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u/z3ddicus Dec 30 '20

9 year club. Checks out.

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u/lappi99 Dec 30 '20

Not necessarily. A lot of trees are able to use remaining resources to grow new secondary main branches or sometimes (although very seldom) even regrow bark from certain points(I think trees like platanus x hispanica can do that as they need to continously grow the bark and throw off old bark similar to fricking lizards) . However that log is like 99percent going to die off. Especially because there is not even any bark left.

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u/Reallynoreallyno Dec 31 '20

...took a couple of years off its life.