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But Why Live: Trees

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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How Many Roots Do Trees Have?

Trees never really die of old age. That just doesn't happen for them. The oldest tree that we know about is, I believe it's in California, and it's a brystlecomb pine tree. And they think that it's over 48,000 years old. So this can be a very, very long time. Let's go to Anna who's calling in from Fishers, Indiana. What's your question? How many root to trees have?

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