Science word of the day: Pando
Pronunciation: pan’-doh
What does it mean: In Latin, “pando” means “I spread.” And boy, it does. Pando is a clonal stand of aspen trees in Utah It weighs approximately 13 million pounds (6 million kilograms), making it The world’s heaviest living creature ever found. Its 40,000 trees are spread across 106 acres (43 ha) in the Fishlake National Forest, and they are all connected by a single, giant root system. Some DNA analysis suggests that this many-toed megatree is thousands of years old.
How to use it in a sentence: when you pass by PandoWhat seems like a normal walk through an aspen grove is actually a journey through a single, ancient living creature.
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