The thinner tree was cut years ago and the big one has been holding and feeding it since then.

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Complete_Pumpkin9136 on October 21st, 2021 at 20:57 UTC »

Dope af

userturbo2020 on October 21st, 2021 at 21:29 UTC »

“This is called inosculation: when branches or roots of different trees are in prolonged intimate contact, they often abrade each other, exposing their inner tissues, which may eventually fuse.

It's not so much one tree feeding another as the formation of a new hybrid organism.”

Someone on Twitter.

thisgenericnamehere on October 21st, 2021 at 21:36 UTC »

Trees being bros