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77 Times Trees Ate Something And Left Human Beings Amused
Trees provide us with lots of things: oxygen, shade, fruit, beauty, and sometimes even, unexpected entertainment. They have a mischievous streak that seems to appear when they're bored or hungry. They're known to devour almost anything in site if given half a chance… and enough time.
Road signs, bicycles, telephones and even entire houses aren't off limits to these leafy "predators." But for some reason, they don't always fully "digest" their dinner. The results are bizarre, cute, scary, fascinating and hilarious all wrapped in one. So much so that there's an entire community dedicating to sharing photos of Trees Eating Things.
Bored Panda has put together a list of our favorite posts from the page. We also get to the root of why this phenomenon happens. You'll find that info between the images.
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#1
Trees Eating An Abandoned House
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#5
Sign Devoured By Hangry Tree
#6
Om Nom Nom
#7
The Call Is Coming From Inside The Tree
This telephone receiver has been in this tree for at least 20 years. When I first discovered it, it was hanging partially free. I do not know if the entire phone is in there.
#9
Jesus! That Tree Is Hungry
#10
Well Done Person, Well Done
#11
Tree Devours Wheel. What Goes Around, Comes Around
#14
Tree Ate Then Saved Another Tree
#15
Eating The Cracks Of The Sidewalk, Nom Nom
#16
The Way These Trees Grew Together
#17
Tree Eating Yummy Street Light
Don't listen to me 3 months ago
That's a very clean modern looking street lamp. I rather suspect it's been attached there quite recently.
#21
Building Eater
Cambodia, Siem reap, Angkor complex
I was told on the tour that the tree seed fell on the roof of this temple and grew into it. The angkor complex was abandoned for many decades, so it grew undisturbed and now is one of the complex’s pearls.
Don't listen to me 3 months ago
Amazing. This one looks like an actual tree, not a strangler vine.
#22
A Tree Grew Thorought This Old Buket
#23
Hungry Gentleman
Passed this guy while on a nice fresh-air walk during the pandemic so naturally I had to share a (new) mask with him. Don't worry, as much as I wanted to I didn't leave the mask there.
#24
I Was Told You Guys Would Like To See This
#26
A Tree Consumed A Rifle That Was Leaning Against It And Never Retrieved Over 100 Years Ago
#29
Eat One Now, Save One For Later
#31
Insane
#32
Big Munch
#34
I Visited Cambodia In 2008 And One Of The Coolest Things I Saw Were These Massive Trees That Had Taken Over So Many Of The Temples
#37
Tree Munchin' On A Gravestone
#39
Not Mine. Saw On Another Social Platform. This Tree Is Snacking On An Nes Turbo Controller From 1987
#42
Have A Nice Day
#43
Excited To Find One Myself
#48
Posted This On Another Sub, And Someone Told Me About This One
#49
Spotted In Boulder, CO
Don't listen to me 3 months ago
I'm suspicious of this one. It's too neat & tidy. More like someone drilled thru the tree & installed the fence. Nice to keep the tree though.
#52
Address For This House In Winnipeg, MB Almost Fully Devoured By Two Trees
#64
Tree vs. Fence
Brian Droste 3 months ago
The tree will always win. I had a tree that did this to a fence I had.
#74
I Thought You Guys Would Enjoy This!
I’ve found this tree today while driving in New York City!
#76
The Tree I Mounted My Hammock On Eat One Of The Metal Hangers
The first three images are all of the same tree. You can compare them to the last image, of the second (less hungry) tree with the same metal hanger. Elapsed time is just under 3 years, these were installed in June 2022.
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David Paterson 3 months ago
Best collection I've seen. But I have to comment that this is not good for the tree. In my country, at least one Pre-European stone axe has been found in a tree.
David Paterson 3 months ago
Best collection I've seen. But I have to comment that this is not good for the tree. In my country, at least one Pre-European stone axe has been found in a tree.
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