There are actually multiple times throughout history when this happened, but a paleontologist can usually tell you which it was due to the infrequency of occurrence.
This makes me wanna write about a bunch of archaeology botany double specialists that hunt down these trees for archaeological evidence of species migration patterns from olden times by finding fossil materials in the rings of especially old carni-trees
My property was specifically dated to the Spring of a particular year on account of the green wood used. It's fascinating to watch them drill for samples.
Title text: "These anomalies are known as Miyake events, named for the pioneering scientist who discovered them and was tragically devoured by a carnivorous tree."
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Those rowans were voracious.
Seems like they were on the right path getting rid of the human race there for a while. 😁
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