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2. My goodness! How wonderful. Had to go look for one with leaves, am astonished!

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 07:16 PM

Aug 2018

Never knew these trees exist until now. So cool!

Here's their google images page:

https://tinyurl.com/y82foky5

Just one shape they can take.

Now the similarity really shows!

Thank you for introducing these desert critters. I've got to see as many of them as I can. They are spectacular.

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Reminds me of the boojum tree of the Sonoran Desert royable Aug 2018 #1

Hmmmm ... boab seems to be the preferred term in Oz, but baobab elsewhere ? eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #3

Those are some very alien looking trees. procon Aug 2018 #5