[HN Gopher] Cashew of Pirangi ___________________________________________________________________ Cashew of Pirangi Author : tcgv Score : 30 points Date : 2020-12-04 13:15 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (en.wikipedia.org) (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org) | NothingIsReal wrote: | All it takes is one band of ruffians and a truckful of roundup to | destroy. | | As good as this is for tourism, the risk for that organism can | only grow larger and larger now. | soneca wrote: | Why now? It is a famous tourism spot in Brazil for decades and | decades | hue3 wrote: | I have been to the location where this cashew tree is. If you are | just passing by on the street you can barely notice it is "the | cashew tree", for it is so huge it takes up what could be an | entire lot. From walking around it, you could think it is several | individual trees, because it's branches bend downward, touch the | soil, grow new smaller roots there, and then go up again. | | Also, I was there around 10 years ago, so it may have changed, | but back then tourists didn't really go "under/inside" the tree, | they were mostly outside the lot, maybe to preserve the tree and | avoid possible damage/diseases. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-12-05 23:00 UTC)