These Trees Will Grow Around Whatever Stands In Their Way

We are all used to the traditional green Christmas trees. Some of us use fake plastic green trees, while others shop for real natural trees from the woods. And there is the third group of people that want to create unconventional trees using recycling materials. In this case, however, we're talking about real "monster" trees that happen to have a mind of their own. Next time you go hiking through the forest keep an eye out for strangely-shaped trees. These trees are unique because they are bent in very unnatural angles. Some trees are just weirdly-shaped, but there's something special about these bent trees. Mysterious bent trees are actually Native American trail markers.

Native Americans would bend trees in order to create trail markers that formed an early routing system, which served multiple purposes, from indicating that water and food were nearby, to warning travelers of the rough country ahead, these landmarks were important features in navigating the early Americas. Trail trees are hardwood trees throughout North America that Native Americans intentionally shaped with distinctive characteristics that convey that the tree was shaped by human activity rather than deformed by nature or disease. One unique characteristic of the trail marker tree is a horizontal bend several feet off the ground, which makes it visible at greater distances, even in snow.

They may be quiet, but trees communicate with each other constantly. They communicate through scents, sounds, signals and many other unconventional ways. While animals - humans included - use quite a different means of communicating, we can still learn how to communicate with the flora.

A forest is basically an underground network of roots, all interconnected. Think of them like the brain in a human body. Trees communicate through their roots, exchanging nutrients like water and sugar. That way, they work together like a close-knit community, in order to survive. If there is an old tree in the network that is dying, they help it out, or if a new tree is growing, they dedicate nutrients to help it grow. Sound familiar?

Trees don’t just “talk” underground, they do it above ground as well. The information they exchange comes in the form of seeds, fungi, and chemicals. Birds and bats help them in this endeavor, along with the wind, to carry along important information. Bigger and older trees are naturally called “mother trees” and they play a crucial role in supporting other trees and distributing resources. When a tree is cut down, the entire forests suffer due to the loss of resources.

Trees also warn each other about the onslaught of pests, releasing chemicals in the air to fight off those attacks. Imagine if humans could be so well connected and speak that language? There are many mysteries lurking in the forest, always take your camera and be prepared to record anything you might encounter during your next hike, and beware.

These trees growing strong from the ground up tend to either swallow their barrier of growing and simply grow over it or find their way swirling around the object which you can see in this video and eventually swallow that as well. These trees are hungry for anything. Take a look at this video is bound to amaze you as far as how nature always finds a way!