Trees Are So Weird

Kurzgesagt’s latest video dives into the jaw-dropping biology of trees: how they build their bodies from thin air, pump water at pressures that’d crush you, and grow via living “cables” of xylem wrapped in dead wood. Beneath the bark lies a hair-thin layer of living cambium cells that tirelessly shuttle water hundreds of meters skyward, forge indestructible wood, and coordinate millions of cellular jobs—explaining why some trees seem virtually immortal.

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