r/nextfuckinglevel • u/OkTouch69 • 1d ago

Ceiba pentandra tree (samauma tree

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u/OkTouch69 1d ago

From what I read it's the biggest tree in the Amazonas, it's height surpasses the 80m and it's protected against wildfire's and illegal deforesters

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u/Jobediah 1d ago

I like big buttresses and I cannot lie!

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u/syds 1d ago

the burj dubai of the amazon

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u/masixx 1d ago

Protected as much as you can protect something like that. Usually they try to not communicate anything if they find a big tree to avoid tourism and it getting to popular. Last time that happened it didn’t end up good for the biggest tree on earth to that date. Internet is a bitch.

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u/trippin-mellon 1d ago

Yeah Hyperion is visited a bunch. It’s sad how many people trample the wildlife to go see it. I wish I could. I want to climb it ( I climb trees for a living ). It’s only an 1hr30ish min away. Problem is that too many people have messed it up and I know if one person did it everyone would. And that would over time destroy and harm the wildlife in the area and harm the tree.

Still would be cool to at least see. Oh well. I’m glad I have the internet so I can at least look at it that way. C’est la vie.

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u/Strange_Ad_5871 1d ago

Some people I know of climbed it, took pics and put on insta too. Got a 5k fine in the mail.

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u/trippin-mellon 1d ago

Yep I’m okay without paying 5k. I’ve got the internet for 15$ a month. lol my mortgage is way to high to afford that shit.

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u/someanimechoob 1d ago

I climb trees for a living

Like... to prune and cut them for people/businesses or literally just being paid to climb them?

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u/trippin-mellon 1d ago

Prune, remove, for large company who trims for a power company. I also do side work for myself

But sometimes I also climb for funsies. Like people who rock climb….. but trees. But I don’t get paid for that. Lol

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u/someanimechoob 1d ago

Hell yeah that's dope, I'm always glad to hear about someone doing something they are passionate about!

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u/trippin-mellon 1d ago

I enjoy it immensely. Until it’s pissing rain. Then I like it less. Still fun though. Just sucks to be drenched at 9am and still have 6.5 hrs left to go. lol

But take the good with the okay.