Giant trees once existed on Earth
@ScotMac (1335)
Edinburgh, Scotland
September 14, 2019 2:42pm CST
Most people won't believe this but the evidence for the existence of giant trees on our plant is quite irrefutable. The image here shows one such tree giant tree stump. it's known as 'The Devil's Tower' and it can be found in Wyoming in the USA.
The summit is 5,112 feet (1,559 m) above sea level - now that's a big tree! It's structure is obvious to the naked eye: it's a fossilised tree stump pure and simple and it isn't the only example of such a giant on the Earth.
Can you imagine what our planet looked like back then? These giant trees would have towered thousands of feet about the land and would have offered shelter for giant eagles and such and given them a vantage point from which they could launch attacks on their prey (us!). It's a wonder the human race survived!
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@rebelann (117246)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Sep 19
Hmmmm, I wonder if Owlwings is correct, but then the skeletons of dinosaurs are humongous so there could have been giant trees or at least giant vegetation for some of them to feed on. The thing is that the only petrified forest I'm aware of is in California, I've never heard of any in Wyoming.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
14 Sep 19
You're about 6 months out with your April Fool's Day, I think.
The picture is of a volcanic neck and has nothing whatsoever to do with trees (except that there are some growing on the scree at the foot of it). This was once a volcano but the softer ash cone around it has weathered away leaving just the solidified magma which was once molten rock but cooled slowly to form columnar basalt. Another good example of columnar basalt can be seen on the island of Staffa in Scotland (and also in County Antrim in Ireland) where it's called The Giant's Causeway. Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh is also a volcanic neck.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
15 Sep 19
Very interesting! I have never heard of trees that big. I have heard of the giant Sequoia trees but their height is a lot less.
"Giant sequoias can grow to be about 30 feet (9 meters) in diameter and more than 250 feet (76 m) tall."
Giant sequoias and redwood trees grow hundreds of feet tall. They are found primarily in California.
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@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
14 Sep 19
I didn't know that Devil's Tower was a tree stump. It is composed of igneous rock. Man did not exist along with the dinosaurs. We came much later.
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@ScotMac (1335)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
14 Sep 19
@LindaOHio It's a fossilised tree stump! As for dinosaurs and humans living together that depends on who you believe. Read this:
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@cmoneyspinner (9218)
• Austin, Texas
13 Jan 20
OK. I'll buy that there were giant trees. But what I want to know is if giants made their home in them. You know. Giants like Paul Bunyan. 
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