Monday, June 30, 2014

Tree sleep, perchance tree dream

Did you know …

That trees go to sleep during the winter? It’s true!

That is, trees in places that have long, frigid winters go to sleep for the cold season. If you live in a tropical or year-round temperate region, I have no idea what your trees do during the winter and I could really not care less.

But what about those sleeping trees, eh? What’s funny is that, to the outside observer, there’s essentially no difference between a sleeping tree and a wide awake, fully alert tree. The way scientists are able to tell when trees are sleeping is that they dream! Stick some wires onto a tree, jam the wires into a computer or something, and you can immediately tell if a tree is sleeping or just faking it.

What do trees dream about? All sorts of stuff! That’s the magic of dreams! But here are a few common tree dream subjects, confirmed by dendrooneirologists:

-Rainstorms
-Jogging
-Birds and their nests
-Murder/torture fantasies

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