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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Swedish researchers find world's oldest living tree
2008-04-18

She has nothing whatsoever to do with the story, but she sure is cute.
The world's oldest living tree on record is a nearly 10,000 year-old spruce that has been discovered in central Sweden, Umeaa University said on Thursday.
"Jå, sure! We båne føund the tree!"
Researchers had discovered a spruce with genetic material dating back 9,550 years in the Fulu mountain in Dalarna, according to Leif Kullmann, a professor of Physical Geography at the university in northwestern Sweden. That would mean it had taken root in roughly the year 7,542 BC. "It was a big surprise because we thought until (now) that this kind of spruce grew much later in those regions," he said.
"Imågine øur surprise!"
Scientists had previously believed the world's oldest trees were 4,000 to 5,000 year-old pine trees found in North America.
Posted by:Fred

#10  I think we should obtain a core sample out of that tree to verify the analysis. a bit of ring counting.

and that IS a nice schprokett!

Posted by: USN,Ret.   2008-04-18 15:04  

#9  I was waiting for the other 'line', Frank. But that one's just as good.
Posted by: Pappy   2008-04-18 14:26  

#8  prolly take me 15 minutes to pin that sprocket on her
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-18 13:21  

#7  Is the tree guarded by møøse?

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...
Posted by: Dar   2008-04-18 13:13  

#6  "She has nothing whatsoever to do with the story, but she sure is cute."

ROFL! Fred, you are a gem. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-04-18 12:26  

#5  Robert Byrd remembers that tree when it was just a sapling.
Posted by: Rambler in California   2008-04-18 11:53  

#4  Nice schprocket.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-04-18 09:45  

#3  Now, move in the heavy equipment and log the shit out of that old growth forest. How many rolls of toilet paper would that 10,000 year old piney make?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-04-18 09:38  

#2  I applaud this trend of appending to articless photographs of appealing young women having nothing to do with the article. It makes the brutality, stupidity, and downright cussedness of most of the world a bit more palatable.
Posted by: Jonathan   2008-04-18 09:10  

#1  I thought bristlecone pines were around 8-10,000 years old?
Posted by: no mo uro   2008-04-18 06:00  

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