Decipher The Mystery Of The Walking Palm Trees In The Ecuadorian Forest

Many years ago, visitors to the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve often heard about a tree that could walk like a human.
Decipher the mystery of the walking palm trees in the Ecuadorian forest
Like the Ent tree in Lord of the Rings Tolkien, the palm trees in the Sumaco Unesco Ecuador Biosphere Reserve are known to be walking trees. When visitors go to the forests of Central and South America, they are told about them by local guides.
Accordingly, the palm trees have the ability to move in the old forest, from the darkness reaching out to a place with plenty of light. The process of slowly moving trees takes several years

. Also due to rumors from many years ago, the palm trees in Ecuador even have a new name Walking Palms (walking palm trees).
Up to now, researchers still have no answer about the role of these exotic plant roots. Many people believe that these roots can only help the plant to stand more firmly in wetlands or very bumpy ground Photo: Amusing Planet.




The theory of walking palm trees was first mentioned by John Bodley in 1980. It was further strengthened by paleontologist Peter Vrsansky, of the Institute of Earth Sciences of the Academy of Sciences. Bratisla, Slovakia. Peter claimed that he witnessed this phenomenon with his own eyes and that the palm tree was moving 2-3 cm per day, according to the BBC.
According to Peter, when the soil is eroded, the palm tree will grow new, long roots in search of new, stiffer soil. Even the new hard ground can be 20 meters away from the old place. Then, the roots will be attached to the new soil and the tree will slowly bend towards the new roots The old roots will die and lift off the ground.




Some opinions suggest that the root of the tree grows out to help the tree stand to rise higher to catch the sun. Photo: Amusing Planet.
However, in 2005 biologist Gerardo Avalos proved that this story is just a myth. Gerardo is the director of the Sustainable Development Research Center in Atenas, Costa Rica, and is also a leading expert in the study of this particular palm worldwide. Accordingly, the tree cannot walk because its roots do not move. Gerardo asserted that some of the roots could die, but the trunk remained in its original position.
"The walking brush is just a myth that tour guides tell tourists when they visit the rainforest," Gerardo asserts on Life's Little Mysteries.
Another study published in the December 2009 issue of the Skeptical Inquirer shares a similarity with a paleontologist.



“Thinking that walking palm trees is interesting. But it's just a legend ”.
Sumaco Unesco Biosphere Reserve is located 100 km from the capital Quito, Ecuador. However, to be able to see these famous walking palm trees with your own eyes, it will take you a whole day to move. First, visitors will take 3 hours by car to the edge of the forest. After that, it will take another 7 to 15 hours by boat, or on foot or donkey ride to get into the woods. The terrain here is mostly steep, along muddy roads.
According to Anh Minh / Vnexpress
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